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New judge vows to not be ‘cranky’, looks forward to bench-eye view of the Bar
The latest judge to join the NSW Supreme Court has expressed a desire to foster a serious but collegiate environment for advocates and has remarked on the rising importance of legal directories for barristers. 
Class action filed over Victoria’s public housing demolition plan
The Victorian government faces a class action over its decision to redevelop Melbourne's high-rise public housing towers, with lawyers for residents calling on the state to reconsider the plan.
Mills Oakley hit with negligence suit by former client
A former client has sued Mills Oakley and a Victorian law firm alleging they were negligent while advising on a property transaction with his parents that did not go through. 
The Agency Group loses trade mark fight with real estate rival
Sydney real estate group The Agency has lost an appeal in its trade mark case against a rival, with the Full Federal Court upholding a finding that the company would have an “unwarranted monopoly” if other businesses were barred from using the descriptive words in its name.
Thiess dodges lawsuit over $54M contract for Wheatstone natural gas project
Thiess has defeated a lawsuit by a rock supplier seeking $9.3 million in damages for alleged delays by the mining services giant in receiving materials for work on Chevron’s Wheatstone natural gas hub. 
In white spot disease class action, government points finger at importers
The federal government has hit back at a class action over an outbreak of white spot disease in South-East Queensland that decimated the commercial prawn industry, pointing the finger at several importers and saying farmers failed to mitigate their own losses.
Ventia can’t recoup $5.6M from Western Power in bushfire class action
Subcontractor Ventia Utility Services had lost its bid to recover $5.6 million in alleged overpayments to class action group members from co-defendant Western Power, after its liability was reduced on appeal in a representative proceeding over the 2014 Perth Hills bushfire.
‘You’re being very dramatic’: Judge hears of vaccine developer’s ‘life and death’ fight with uni
A court fight has broken out between a vaccine developer and South Australia's Flinders University over the supply of mice and access to a lab at the college, with the professor's lawyer declaring the battle "literally a matter of life and death".
Atomos can pursue case against US-based ex-CEO over relocation costs
Atomos' former US-based CEO -- who was fired after she failed to relocate to Melbourne -- has lost her fight to stay the video technology company's lawsuit, with a judge finding the dispute over a bridging loan for the international move should be decided under Australian law.