Law Firms

A new ban on unfair trading practices could significantly broaden the scope of consumer class actions, with experts predicting plaintiff firms will use the reforms to pursue claims over conduct that has until now fallen outside the reach of misleading or deceptive conduct laws.

Telstra could face a multimillion dollar fine from the telco regulator and a class action investigation after Wednesday's nationwide outage that affected over 600 emergency calls and downed the EFTPOS network.

A class action on behalf of Sydney homeowners who allege their homes are sinking into the ground has reached an in-principle settlement two weeks out from trial. 

Three Keybridge Capital directors have rejected claims that board minutes documenting a $4.75 million bonus to former CEO Nicholas Bolton were a post-hoc "concoction”, saying they accurately reflected an agreement reached during a nine-minute meeting in 2023.

A judge has dismissed a case brought by a sand importer against the Port Authority of NSW seeking to recoup alleged lost profits and reliance damages falling from a lease agreement for a multi-user facility in the Sydney harbour. 

A class action on behalf of Sydney homeowners who allege their homes are sinking into the ground has reached an in-principle settlement, two weeks out from trial. 

The corporate regulator is seeking penalty and disqualification orders against a financial adviser whose businesses allegedly earned $37 million for spruiking the collapsed First Guardian fund, a court has heard.

A court has extended urgent freezing orders against the developers of the $133 million Babylon Apartments in the north-west Sydney suburb of Rouse Hill, in a dispute over a builder's payment debt.

A HWL Ebsworth major projects partner has been fined $10,000 for unsatisfactory professional conduct after sending angry text messages to a builder over work on his home, including one message that threatened to "bite" him.

Cor Cordis has lost its bid to strike out claims by the former chair of the insolvency firm that it "confected" reductions in work in progress to avoid paying his full retirement entitlements.