Ashurst has recruited the architect of Australia’s merger reforms as companies prepare for the new regulations to kick in next year, and she tells Lawyerly businesses can expect a “well-prepared” ACCC.
Builder Icon has taken insurers Chubb and Mitsui Sumimoto to court, arguing it is entitled to claim $21 million for the costs of rectifying Sydney’s Opal Tower development.
The High Court has rejected a South Australian wind farm’s special leave application seeking to overturn a ruling ordering it to make a $21 million progress payment to joint venture partners GE Renewable Energy and Elecnor.
The directors of defunct Sharvain Facades have won a bid to narrow the scope of documents they must produce in a case by Commercial Freight and Logisticsw, which claims an equitable lien over real estate.
The High Court has declined collapsed gold mine owner Kirkalocka’s special leave bid seeking to challenge a finding that mining contractor Zenith had a security interest over a power plant in Western Australia
The shareholder leading a class action against failed fund manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments has lost a bid for a split trial it accepted was novel, despite arguing the usual course for trials in securities cases was “misconceived”.
A judge wrongly cited as the author of an AI-hallucinated judgment has struck out at the AI-assisted statement of claim filed by a self-represented litigant in a defamation case, saying the use of generative AI to prepare pleadings is “a practice that must be stopped”.
IC Markets has prevailed in a fight with the applicant in a class action against the brokerage firm, which sought to personalise a notice to group members advising them of the case.
A judge has struck out builder CPB Contractor’s “clearly untenable” claim against Transport for NSW for $63 million in delay costs for work on the Pacific Highway upgrade.
A judge has handed Knowmore Legal an early loss in a negligence case by a former client, finding the client was barred from bringing further sexual abuse claims by accepting an offer under the national redress scheme.