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Law firm Allen & Overy advised that there were “very serious problems” with awarding Keybridge’s former CEO Nicholas Bolton a $4.75 million bonus, a judge has heard.

The owner of Oak Tree Retirement Village has been ordered to pay compensation to a resident of its Rutherford, NSW village, following years of poor maintenance of a stormwater drain on adjacent land.

A class action on behalf of public housing residents in the Northern Territory has lost its appeal of a judge's decision to split an upcoming trial. 

Hamilton Locke has lured three partners and their teams from K&L Gates, bolstering its tax offering in response to client demand.

A judge has found that Heran Group unit York Property can't call on $6.4 million in bank guarantees after finding builder Tomkins has a strong prima facie case that a $17.5 million payment certificate issued under contract to build a 119-Gold Coast residential tower was not authorised.

A court has found that the relationship between the owner and the developer behind a residential subdivision project in Onkaparinga Heights has deteriorated to such a degree that orders requiring them not to abandon the partnership would be of no help. 

A judge has allowed a 50 per cent fee uplift for counsel in an epic fight over lucrative tenements in the Pilbara region, but says the hourly fees of solicitors from the likes of Allens, Clayton Utz and Corrs were already well above market rate.

An application by the funder of a class action over the compulsory acquisition of land for Sydney's WestConnex project to replace the plaintiffs has been ajourned a third time by an increasingly frustrated judge.

Former Keybridge CEO Nicholas Bolton has faced questions about a $4.75 million bonus he was paid on a $17.8 million deal with fund manager Magellan, on the second day of trial in proceedings by WAM over two transactions its alleges were oppressive to shareholders.