The CEO of embattled Melbourne builder Vansan Construction is fighting a $2 million default judgment for SK Developments, saying he was given no opportunity to defend himself.
On the first day of trial, a court has heard a class action over alleged negligent management of water flowing through the Murray Darling system is a “world away” from a climate change class action that recently failed at trial.
Law firm HWL Ebsworth, which was found liable for negligence over advice on a Parramatta land development, has lost its opposition to a referee process for calculating damages.
Energy giant Santos has won a dispute over its Gladstone LNG project, described by a court as “litigation on a monumental scale”, securing a $692 million judgment against engineering firm Fluor with the help of four silks.
Gilbert +Tobin’s executive partner and corporate advisory head Tim Gordon will join Corrs Chambers Westgarth’s corporate practice based after almost 20 years at G+T.
The construction and infrastructure sector is seeing a growing demand for professional indemnity specialists in the wake of increased government investment over the last ten years and rising complexities around insurance policies, a Clyde & Co partner has told Lawyerly.
An appeals court has rejected a bid by NSW MP and convicted rapist Gareth Ward to block state parliament from expelling him until any appeals against his conviction are determined.
E-commerce merchandise importer New Aim is challenging the dismissal of its trade secrets case against a former employee, who gave the contact details of the company’s suppliers to a competitor after jumping ship.
Victoria will continue to be a magnet for class actions after the High Court shot down solicitors’ common fund orders as clashing with NSW law, but the door may still be open for garden state lawyers to try their luck in the Federal Court.
Genomic sequencing company Oxford Nanopore Technologies has sued MGI Australia alleging infringement of four patents covering nanopore technology.