Most Recent
Jan Cameron to preserve $5.1M in assets while dispute with tax office on foot
Former Bellamy's Australia director Jan Cameron has consented to preserving up to $5.1 million in her Australian assets and not moving them offshore while proceedings she launched against the Australian Taxation Office are on foot.
Court accepts Ramsay Health in-house counsel ‘drowning in work’ during COVID-19
Ramsay Health Care Australia has been let off the hook for using emails subpoenaed in a defamation case between two feuding surgeons at one of its hospitals, with a judge accepting that an in-house lawyer was "mortified" by her mistake and was "drowning in work" at the time.
Judge asks why Banksia class action solicitor hasn’t forfeited fees
The judge overseeing the scandal-ridden Banksia Securities class action has questioned why a solicitor on record for the case hasn't handed over his ill-gotten fees despite professed regret for his actions and his claims to have reformed.
Ex-Bellamy’s director Jan Cameron sues to avoid tax on sale of 2.5M shares
Former Bellamy’s Australia director Jan Cameron has filed proceedings against the Australian Taxation Office to avoid paying capital gains tax on the sale of 2.5 million shares in the organic baby food company 2018.
High Court KOs Repipe’s fight over patents for computer-implemented tech
The High Court has rejected plumbing company Repipe's application to hear its case centred on the question of patent eligibility for computer-implemented inventions, saying the case was not an appropriate vehicle for special leave.
Bill Papas’ girlfriend hits back at Westpac’s case over alleged $294M fraud
Bill Papas’ girlfriend Louise Agostino has hit back at Westpac’s lawsuit accusing her of involvement in the Forum Group director’s alleged $294 million fraud, denying all allegations and arguing that the bulk of the bank’s claims against her should be struck out.
Herbert Smith Freehills nabs PwC partner as global workforce strategy director
Big Six firm Herbert Smith Freehills has appointed a PricewaterhouseCoopers veteran as its first director of global workforce strategy and implementation.
Banksia class action lawyers’ conduct ‘shocking and unimaginable’, judge told
The behaviour of the legal team running the Banksia Securities class action was "reprehensible" and the solicitor who allowed himself to be controlled by lawyer and funder Mark Elliott should be struck from the court's roll of practitioners, a judge heard Tuesday.
Eleven women to testify they were harassed by actor Craig McLachlan
Eleven women will give evidence of sexually inappropriate behaviour by actor Craig McLachlan in his defamation case against Rocky Horror Show co-star Christie Whelan Browne and publishers ABC and Fairfax, including one actress who worked with him on the set of Neighbours in the late 1980s. 
Client sues Moray & Agnew over ‘unauthorised’ $3.3M transfer
Moray & Agnew is facing a lawsuit by a former client who says the firm breached its duties by making an unauthorised $3.3 million transfer while representing him on an investment in a Melbourne storage facility development.