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The overwhelming majority of employees at small and medium-sized law firms are being affected by depression and anxiety, with a new survey revealing almost one in three work more than 45 hours a week.
NSW Ports slams ACCC’s competition constraint claims as ‘slight or hypothetical’
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NSW Ports Operations has denied claims that an agreement for the privatisation of its subsidiaries Port Botany and Port Kembla stymied competition, describing the allegations made by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission as “slight or hypothetical”.
Ex-MP Emma Husar ‘very close’ to settling defamation case against Buzzfeed
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Lawyers for media outlet Buzzfeed say they are “very close” to settling a defamation case brought by former Labor MP Emma Husar, over an article that accused her of sexual harassment and exposing herself in a manner made famous by Sharon Stone in the movie Basic Instinct.
Investors set to get 40% of settlement in class action against Westpac’s BankSA
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Group members in a recently settled class action against Westpac unit BankSA over its conduct in connection with convicted Ponzi schemer Michael Samra are expected to get 40 per cent of the confidential settlement, a result a judge said wasn’t as bad as he might have feared.
Jailed Healthzone CEO loses ‘armchair appeal’ of fraud conviction
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The jailed former CEO of defunct health food business Healthzone has lost his appeal of a criminal conviction and sentence over a conspiracy to fraudulently use a $1 million company bank loan to repay personal debts.
Judge refuses ‘queue jumping’ request in Sirtex CEO insider trading case
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An application by the former boss of Sirtex Medical for a sentencing date in the insider trading case against him has raised the ire of a NSW District Court judge, who called the bid premature and an attempt to jump the queue.
Fitch settles investor class action over credit ratings on toxic SCDOs
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Fitch Ratings has agreed to settle the last of the investor class actions in Australia flowing from the global financial crisis, a court heard Friday.
Ex-Norton Rose lawyer can appeal privilege ruling over partner communications in feud with firm
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A terminated Norton Rose Fulbright partner has won a bid to challenge a ruling in his dispute with the law firm that denied him access to communications between partners on the grounds that the documents were privileged.
Judge slashes compensation with $50M payout in WestConnex land dispute
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Two companies owned by the ex-director of Dial A Dump have failed in a bid to secure $584 million in compensation for land compulsorily acquired by the NSW Government for the WestConnex project, with the court granting them less than 10 per cent of that amount.
Judge dismisses ‘puzzling’ bid to boot FW Projects liquidators
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Two construction companies have lost what a court has called a “puzzling” bid to oust the liquidators of collapsed FW Projects amidst a legal battle in the NSW Supreme Court over the property developer’s remaining assets.