A Sydney silk who has worked on several car defect class actions and represented Apple over claims it engaged in anti-competitive conduct in the app marketplace has been appointed to the NSW Court of Appeal.
JB Asset Management has clawed back $3 million from a scuttled real estate deal involving LBA Capital, almost a year after LBA’s director was jailed for fraud.
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption will conduct a public inquiry into whether former School Infrastructure NSW CEO Anthony Manning and others improperly awarded contracts and jobs to their friends.
A solicitor has lost a round in his challenge to a professional misconduct charge by South Australia’s legal watchdog for allegedly breaching conditions on his practising certificate related to paying counsel fees.
Australian gaming YouTuber Karl Jobst has been ordered to pay $350,000 in damages to US Donkey Kong champion Billy Mitchell over comments implying that he “hounded” another YouTuber to death.
The Bob Brown Foundation has launched a legal challenge in the Federal Court against legislation that exempts industrial salmon farms from a key environmental law.
A judge has approved a $3.5 million settlement in a class action brought by former clients of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick.
An ex-Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills partner who claims he was sacked for complaining about client Lendlease’s “aggressive tax position” is seeking pro-bono representation after losing his lawyers.
Collapsed Sydney developer Dyldam has told a court that a liquidator’s claim for breach of directors’ duties is “hopeless” as the company was under a deed of company arrangement at the relevant time.
The Star is on the brink of collapse again after a potential $940 million refinancing deal with Salter Brothers fell through, with the embattled casino operator continuing to mull an offer by US casino operator Balley.