Law Firms

Law firm White & Case has advised super fund Cbus and private markets manager CVC on the sale of their combined renewable energy asset portfolio to Potentia Energy.

Lawyers will struggle to hold providers of legal artificial intelligence services liable for negligence but the situation may change as the technology becomes more sophisticated, experts have told Lawyerly. 

Major developer Stockland has filed proceedings against Probuild Constructions over alleged faulty works completed on a stormwater system in a Rockingham shopping centre.

Ahead of an eight-week trial in an investor class action in July, ratings agency S&P has lost its bid to throw out the entirety of the expert evidence in the case.

Trial in a class action against Suncorp unit AAI over add-on insurance has been delayed as Maurice Blackburn works to secure a NAB bank guarantee to satisfy a $1.7 million security for costs order.

A developer is on the hook for $2.6 million after a court found he misappropriated a tax refund associated with a scheme to develop property in Spring Farm, NSW and put it towards a luxury Sydney home in his wife’s name. 

A judge has rejected HSU secretary Diana Asmar's argument that a case against her over an alleged $2.7 million false invoicing scheme should be stayed because criminal charges were “on the cards”.

A trans woman who won her discrimination case against the Giggle for Girls app and its CEO Sal Grover has launched a cross-appeal against the landmark decision.

Hall & Wilcox is the third law firm in a month to grow its government practice, picking up a defence expert from government technology provider DMTC.

Gold Coast developer FW Estate has defeated a lawsuit alleging a development in Jimboomba was the product of a joint venture.