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The former head of legal for the West Gate Tunnel project has sued toll road operator Transurban, alleging she was made redundant after complaining about “a culture of fear and intimidation” on the project.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is expected to announce changes to Australia's merger review regime on Wednesday that will require companies to notify the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of deals above a certain threshold.
Mayfair 101's James Mawhinney has been arrested and charged with four counts of engaging in dishonest conduct in running his beleaguered wealth management business.
A court has dismissed a bid to temporarily halt the demolition of three public housing towers in inner city Melbourne as a class action pursues the Victorian government over its decision to redevelop the sites.
A judge has refused to redact a judgment signing off on the discontinuance of several product claims in a class action against three AMP subsidiaries after the applicant failed to gather the required evidence, saying it was not enough that the reasons "may be an embarrassment to people who commenced the proceeding".
In a win for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, a court has found Dominique Grubisa's DG Institute made misleading statements to students who paid up to $9,000 to enrol in her property investment and wealth management programs.
Convenience store operator On The Run will backpay $2.3 million in annual leave entitlements to 1,524 full and part-time employees -- mostly console operators and roadhouse attendants working in South Australia.
A judge has ruled that HWL Ebsworth invalidly expelled a former capital partner, finding that the expulsion, which prevented him from participating in a planned float of the firm on the ASX, breached the partnership deed.
Leading lawyers have welcomed a new practice note in the Commercial Court division of the Victorian Supreme Court, including a “rigid framework” to cut down on interlocutory disputation which is expected to benefit commercial class action litigants, but some say the note “should have gone further” to compel discovery from defendants.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has dropped its investigation into whether Nuix’s chief executive officer Jonathan Rubinsztein unlawfully bought shares in the company after learning about a potential takeover offer.