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Lender White Oak has argued it can shield an email that repeats legal advice from Ashurst that was accidentally disclosed to insurers Bond & Credit Company and Tokio Marine, which it has sued over the collapse of supply chain finance company Greensill. 

The Wiggles former CEO says he was axed from his role with the children's music sensation after complaining about the group's leader, Anthony Field, who allegedly doled out bonuses to friends and relatives and "undermined" him.

The liquidators of real estate investment company Global Capital Property Fund have sued the company’s current and former directors, alleging breaches of fiduciary duties in relation to a Queensland development.

Plumbing company Flowmotion has brought a court application seeking the OK to pursue a payment claim against the Victorian unit of builder Roberts Co, which entered administration five months ago.

A consortium of Ki Corporation and New York Stock Exchange-listed Public Storage has pulled a $2.2 billion offer to acquire Abacus Storage Kings.

A judge will hit pause on two class actions against Coles and Woolworths over allegedly illusory discounts after hearing a bid to bind group members to the findings in related proceedings by the ACCC. 

Media mogul Antony Catalano will not be required to provide evidence about a deal between Keybridge Capital and Magellan Financial Group after claiming it could put him at risk of incriminating himself as ASIC probes the transaction.

A NSW Industrial Court judge has dismissed a case on behalf of junior doctors seeking a 10 per cent allowance for temporary employees, saying while the doctors were on fixed-term contracts they were permanent employees.

A judge has found that Mastercard can maintain legal professional privilege over a document that was inadvertently sent to the ACCC in 2020 after lawyers at Baker McKenzie had to review 100,000 documents in less than two months.

A court has dismissed a lift supplier’s appeal of a decision rejecting its claim of breach of confidence against a rival, including an “entirely unwarranted” attack on solicitors at Allens over the use of documents obtained by “internet-savvy” search techniques.