King & Wood Mallesons has made a key hire, luring a competition pro who worked on the ACCC’s merger reform team just months before a new mandatory merger review framework is set to take effect.
In their fight against oral subpoenas they say are fishing for broader grounds of appeal, counsel for two MinterEllison lawyers said on Tuesday that a silk acting for Ben Roberts-Smith should apologise for remarks in open court last week.
The High Court has agreed to hear an appeal by a doctor who says the law of unjust enrichment entitles him to over $1.4 million in interest on a $900,000 sum that his lawyers repaid to him amid a fight about his legal fees.
Two Suncorp units and insurer TAL Life have agreed to pay $34 million to settle a class action over allegedly worthless add-on insurance sold at car dealerships.
Logistics company Qube wants the High Court to clarify the scope of an adjudicator’s role in determining a contractor’s payment claims under the SOP Act.
Infrastructure and real asset investment firm Stonepeak has entered a deal to acquire a 75 per cent interest in Queensland-based commercial fuel and logistics provider IOR Group.
An investor class action against failed advisory firm Linchpin Capital has sought court approval of a $12.15 million settlement with insurer AIG, which will leave 176 group members to share in $7.2 million after deductions.
The ACCC has won court approval to bring claims against two companies in liquidation alleging they engaged in unconscionable and misleading conduct in the sale of printing cartridges and cleaning chemicals.
A business lender that issued personal loans is on the hook for unlicensed credit activity, but ASIC’s action against the director has failed, with a judge finding the regulator was “entirely indifferent” to the circumstances of the case.
A lawyer who assisted members of the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang by forging documents and helping supply methamphetamine has been struck off the roll. NSW-based lawyer Alina Yousif was found guilty of knowingly taking part in the supply of a prohibited drug, participating in a criminal group and using a false document in March 2020.…