A court has rejected a bid to apportion costs by Downer after it found ICC arbitration proceedings the company brought against Squadron were invalidly commenced, saying the engineering company had lost on the core issue in dispute.
MinterEllison has advised Mirvac on a contract for a major redevelopment at the site of the former Sydney Fish Market.
The corporate regulator has launched proceedings to wind up a company in the steel empire of billionaire Sanjeev Gupta for its failure to lodge financial reports for four years.
KHQ Lawyers has snagged a leading infrastructure and energy lawyer from Macpherson Kelley for its newly rebranded construction, infrastructure and energy practice.
The Federal Court has cautioned self-represented litigants against using generative artificial intelligence to decide whether their case has merit, saying it is “not reliable for legal help”.
The Full Federal Court has tossed Tabcorp’s appeal of a finding that it is not entitled to a $1.49 billion tax deduction under rules governing the taxation of financial arrangements.
A class action against AMP over allegedly inflated insurance premiums has been ordered to better particularise its case, with a judge hearing the current pleading is “not good enough” for the wealth manager to put on a defence.
The law firm and funder behind the settled class action against QSuper will seek almost $31 million in costs and commission at an upcoming hearing.
The consumer watchdog has raised concerns about rising prices and unregulated airport charges amid significant infrastructure investment and record revenue at the nation’s busiest airports.
In the latest chapter of a bitter feud between NSW Director of Public Prosecutions and District Court Judge Penelope Wass, the state’s Court of Appeal has found parliamentary privilege doesn’t bar the top prosecutor from launching a recusal bid in a criminal trial.
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