A law firm has launched a class action investigation into the standard of care at child care centres across the country, following reports of widespread failures to meet legal standards in the increasingly privatised industry.
Specialist property and finance lawyer Emile McPhee has joined Hamilton Locke’s national real estate markets team.
Mobil Oil has admitted it misled consumers by falsely claiming it was selling a specific brand of fuel at Far North Queensland petrol stations, but cites the challenges of supplying the fuel to the region, which it says was a loss-making exercise.
Red Bull has won its opposition to a Chinese beverage manufacturer’s bid to register ‘SeaBull’ as a trade mark for non-alocoholic drinks, with an IP Australia delegate finding the mark is deceptively similar to Red Bull’s.
A new statutory tort targeting serious invasions of privacy came into effect on Tuesday, raising new risks for companies, including publishers.
Police will not lay charges over an email sent to Slater & Gordon staff that leaked employees’ pay details, the plaintiff firm said Thursday.
The High Court has granted special leave applications by labor politicians Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and his son Moses Obeid, seeking to toss their convictions for conspiracy to rig a mining exploration tender.
A judge has stayed engineering firm Clough’s $54 million cross-claim against its former joint venture partner on the EnergyConnect transmission project, Elecnor, saying the claim must be sent to arbitration.
Turning back to counsel on rising from the bench after an urgent hearing in a dispute between Dexus and the operator of Melbourne airport, Justice James Stevenson told them what his impending retirement would mean.
The date has been set for a court battle over Dexus’ sale of shares in Asia Pacific Airport Corporation, a fight the operator of Melbourne and Launceston airports says needs 10 hearing days.
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