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A five-member appeals panel in the NSW Supreme Court has overturned former NSW Labor Minister for Mineral Resources Ian Macdonald's conviction for wilful misconduct of public office in relation to the Doyles Creek Mining scandal.
Luxury boutique retailer Watches of Switzerland has reached a settlement in principle with Transport for NSW to resolve its case alleging damages resulting from Sydney's light rail project, a court has heard.
DLA Piper appears to have settled a case brought by a Queen's Counsel alleging it skipped out on $274,000 in fees because the firm's client had not paid its bill.
Maurice Blackburn has persuaded a judge to lift a temporary injunction that blocked the law firm from going ahead with plans to unveil a replica of the iconic New York statue, Fearless Girl, at Melbourne's Federation Square for International Women's Day.
Gladstone Ports has won access to draft expert reports prepared by Clyde & Co in its $100 million class action against the Queensland government owned organisation, with a judge ruling the documents were not privileged despite their not being used in the case.
Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm has lost his challenge to a ruling that denied his request for speedy dismissal of a defamation lawsuit by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young on the grounds of Parliamentary privilege.
A judge has ruled for investors in a class action alleging they sank $12.3 million into a sports trading scam masterminded by convicted conman Peter Foster, saying they were entitled to recover their misappropriated money from the "notorious confidence trickster".
A judge has found franchisor Retail Food Group made false and misleading statements to a couple whose Michel's Patisserie franchise ultimately lost over $142,000 due to allegedly poor quality products and irregular order schedules.
A judge overseeing a class action against the NSW government over a contractor who sold injured workers' information to Bannister Law has questioned the effectiveness of placing ads for group members on law firm websites, saying she didn't think it would "draw the matter to anyone's attention".
An appeals court has reinstated charges of unsatisfactory professional conduct against the principal of a leading employment law firm, after the lawyer called opposing counsel at Lander & Rogers "fundamentally dishonest".