Most Recent
Qantas could face class action over recent data breach, says expert
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-04 2:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Customers affected by a cyberattack on a Qantas call centre that held the records of six million people may be able to bring a class action against the airline, an expert has said.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Law firm investigates class action against childcare centres over sex offender
Personal injury 2025-07-04 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

A personal injury law firm is investigating a potential class action against childcare centre operators that employed an alleged sex offender who has been charged with over 70 offences.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
HWL Ebsworth boosts development expertise with acquisition of boutique
Construction 2025-07-07 11:58 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

HWL Ebsworth has acquired Adelaide law firm Botten Levinson Lawyers, boosting the firm’s environment and development law offering in the region.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
Star on hook for $36.5M if no deal reached with Queen’s Wharf partners
Construction 2025-07-07 11:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Troubled casino operator Star Entertainment says it will have to repay $36.5 million to its Queen’s Wharf partners if an agreement  on a plan to buy out its stake in the Brisbane entertainment project is not reached by the end of the month.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
Court hears of accounts ‘oddities’ as trial against Dyldam directors begins
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-07-07 11:23 pm By Andy Sidler

A liquidator has opened his case over the alleged misuse of funds by now defunct Dyldam Developments, as the court hears of “oddities” in financial records and the spaghetti-like structure of 157 interrelated entities.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Judge ‘nervous’ about damages notice to Isuzu class action members
Class Actions 2025-07-04 2:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has expressed his nervousness about a proposed notice to group members in a class action against Isuzu that warns them they may lose an entitlement to damages if they sell their alleged defective vehicles. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Judge vacates trial date in data scraping case against CoreLogic
Intellectual Property 2025-07-04 11:54 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has vacated an upcoming trial date in a data scraping case against US-based CoreLogic to allow the analytics company more time to respond to a “weighty” report by a forensic accountant.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

ACCC clears DP World’s $174M acquisition of Silk Logistics
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-07-04 2:18 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the green light to DP World’s proposed acquisition of Silk Logistics, after finding it was not likely to substantially lessen competition.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Maybe happy ending for EY after mass defection of tax team to Alvarez & Marsal
Tax 2025-07-03 11:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

Likening its position to the “Goldilocks zone”, EY has secured documents from rival Alvarez & Marsal as it weighs potential litigation over the mass departure of partners and staff from its international tax practice.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

State blasts ‘magical thinking’ of hotel quarantine class action
Class Actions 2025-07-03 11:54 pm By Sam Matthews

The state of Victoria has attacked the “magical thinking” of a class action over its COVID-19 hotel quarantine debacle, as the applicants seek to plead an alternative case holding the state responsible for a wave of infections.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?