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An upcoming trial in a case over a Victorian Liberal Party-linked company's decision to give former party leader John Pesutto a $1.5 million loan to help him avoid bankruptcy has been vacated.
A court has heard that a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers whose flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic is estimated to be worth over $100 million.
A judge has taken a Perth law firm to task after a junior solicitor was left to apologise for a failure to comply with court orders in proceedings against BP, saying one of the principals should have taken responsibility instead.
Facing a class action over the paint job on its Corollas, Toyota has denied the vehicles contained a defect that caused the paint to peel when exposed to sunlight.
A judge has dismissed objections to ASIC’s evidence ahead of a penalty hearing in its case against BSF Solutions, Cigno and two directors, saying they were “not entitled to save up any such complaint” until after the liability hearing.
A former TechnologyOne executive is on the hook for costs in his failed dismissal case after maintaining an unreasonably expansive list of claims and rejecting a $2.2 milllion settlement offer, a judge has ruled.
A former IP Australia patent examiner has lost his latest appeal of a Fair Work Commission decision that found he was not forced to resign from his job.
Among top-tier firms, Gilbert + Tobin and Ashurst have reported the smallest gaps in the pay of male and female employees, while Corrs Chambers Westgarth and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramers have reported the largest pay disparities.
The gender pay gap remains a sore spot for IP boutiques and one major US-based litigation firm, according to data released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
Chambers Russell has snagged one of Shine's class action heads to establish a new practice area for the commercial law firm.