Russell Kennedy has bolstered its property practice, luring lawyers from Johnson Winter Slattery and Colin Biggers Paisley.
A former chief of staff to senator Linda Reynolds has launched action against the Commonwealth after she became a key figure in Bruce Lehrmann’s civil trial over Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations.
Sydney hospitality mogul Justin Hemmes has prevailed in a trade mark stoush with Brisbane restaurant Establishment 203.
Brisbane restaurant Establishment 203 has hit back at a trade mark suit brought by Sydney hospitality mogul Justin Hemmes, telling a court that his ‘Establishment’ trade mark should be canceled.
Sydney hospitality mogul Justin Hemmes has sued a Brisbane restaurant, Establishment 203, claiming it has breached its ‘Establishment’ trade mark and failed to carry out any searches before opening its business under the name.
Investors in an apartment development in Melbourne have brought a class action against the responsible managers for two managed investment schemes, alleging their funds were misused.
A judge has revived a long-running suit against the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and Victorian state secretary John Setka, granting the plaintiffs leave to appeal orders dismissing the case and file an eighth iteration of their pleadings against the union over the infamous Pentridge building site.
The High Court has reinstated a $435,000 judgment awarded to a former lawyer who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder while working for the Special Sexual Offences unit in Victoria’s Office of Public Prosecutions.
A judge has extended an injunction barring a former manager of non-bank lender Liberty Financial from working for a unit of Wingate Group until after trial in a case over a restraint clause in the executive’s contract.
A judge has issued a temporary injunction barring a former manager from non-bank lender Liberty Financial from moving over to a unit of the Wingate Group, after hearing the company was “start-up facsimile” of Liberty which aimed to become a competitor in the future.