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In explaining where CBA shareholders went wrong in proving damages from the bank's omissions over an AUSTRAC probe, the Full Federal Court has given class action plaintiffs the clearest indication yet of how they might win.
Former Victorian Liberal party leader John Pesutto has been ordered to pay $2.3 million in costs in MP Moira Deeming’s defamation suit over statements found to have conveyed that she had links to neo-Nazis.
A litigator with the corporate regulator has returned to private practice, joining BigSix firm MinterEllison as a partner on the dispute resolution team.
Lendlease has told a court that documents relied on by an ex-Greenwoods and Herbert Smith Freehills partner in his case contain privileged legal advice and without prejudice communications with the Australian Tax Office.
Professional services firm Alvarez & Marshal has bolstered its Australian restructuring team with the addition of two Deloitte veterans.
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Gilbert + Tobin has snagged an Allens partner with expertise on major transactions and projects for its energy, infrastructure and resources group.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has picked a new Attorney-General as part of a Cabinet reshuffle that has seen Mark Dreyfus pushed to the backbench.
Johnson Winter Slattery has hired a new partner for the firm's restructuring and insolvency team.
He once made Clive Palmer cry but new judge Stephen Free is not without a sense of humour, as his speech to legal practitioners on his welcome to the bench showed Monday. He is also, as one speaker observed, "really, really nice".