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The High Court has issued a ruling that significantly alters the playing field in domestic commercial arbitration, finding that proportionate liability defences can apply despite limitations on claimants joining third parties to disputes.
The consumer regulator has flagged concerns over national freight company Aurizon’s proposed acquisition of stevedoring and logistics business Flinders Logistics, saying the deal could incentivise Aurizon to block other rail haulage providers from accessing a key berth in Port Adelaide.
Senior South Australian barristers have called on the state's top judge to retract public statements reportedly made in support of moves by the Attorney-General to abolish the King's Counsel title, but the judge has told the indignant members of the Bar his comments were taken out of context.
A former ATO worker who accused his employer of using heavy handed debt collection tactics against taxpayers has lost his second bid for immunity from prosecution, with an appeals court finding that whistleblowing laws only protect the disclosure itself.
A former engineer with Santos has won a bid for more time to bring a claim against the energy giant, with the Fair Work Commission finding “an error in arithmetic” by her lawyer was a reasonable explanation for the out-of-time filing.
A judge has found that a law firm failed in its duty to provide ongoing costs disclosures, in a fight over a legal bill that was double the size of the last estimate provided, rejecting an argument that the client should have understood the charges would climb.
A judge’s refusal to recuse himself from hearing a costs dispute between MinterEllison and a former client has been overturned, with a court finding that a number of complaints made about the judge by the client created “a contest” between them.
A court has struck the name of an Adelaide solicitor from the roll for failing to pay six barristers and misappropriating trust funds, finding the misconduct was not excused by his financial difficulties.
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".
A law firm is investigating potential class action claims against New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia for allegedly discriminating against First Nations families by unnecessarily placing children in out-of-home care.