Law Firms

A judge has found that the former liquidator of developer North Shore did not rely on an appraisal of a residential block in settling a dispute over the alleged uncommercial sale of four units in a Lane Cove development, despite finding it was likely not a genuine document. 

An appeals court has ruled against developer Universal, which resisted a payment claim under the SOP Act, saying it couldn't raise a defence pointing to the contract after failing to serve a payment schedule.

US-based analytics company CoreLogic has lost its bid for further particulars in building information provider BCI’s case alleging it scraped content from its LeadManager platform to improve a competing product and procure customers. 

White & Case has snapped up an IT and IP expert from Bird & Bird, citing the increasing need for technological expertise in M&A and private equity transactions. 

The state of Victoria has sounded alarm bells about an amendment application by a class action over the COVID-19 hotel quarantine debacle, telling a judge it amounts to a new case with an “infinite number of permutations”.

Contesting $17.8 million in fees billed by law firm Hall & Wilcox, the liquidators of collapsed engineering firm Hastie Group have told a court there was no written costs agreement between the parties. 

The High Court has rebuffed the CFMEU’s constitutional challenge to legislation used to facilitate its takeover by the federal government, rejecting an argument that the laws amounted to an unjust acquisition of the union's property. 

The High Court has rebuffed the CFMEU’s constitutional challenge to legislation used to facilitate its takeover by the federal government, rejecting an argument that the laws were enacted with the illegitimate aim of suppressing the union’s political activities.

A judge has warned that an interlocutory privilege skirmish in the consumer watchdog’s misuse of market power case against Mastercard could “spiral out of control”.

A Queensland tribunal has refused to set aside a costs agreement between Shine Lawyers and a former client, despite invoices blowing out to more than six times the original estimate, finding the matter had already been dealt with in a costs assessment.