A barrister who represented her sons in court after being refused a practicing certificate by the Victorian Bar has lost an appeal, with a tribunal disqualifying her from seeking a practicing certificate for four years.
The law firm running a class action against Origin Energy has argued the case is “financially unviable” if it is stuck with a 30 per cent contingency fee ordered by the court, in the first-ever application to vary a group costs order.
Sarah Court has been appointed as the first female chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in the regulator’s 35-year history.
Japanese bank SMBC, which was duped by fraudster Bill Papas to enter into agreements with a Humm subsidiary for assets and receivables that didn’t exist, has won the right to call in warranties on its $113.7 million investment.
A hearing on the relief Fortnite maker Epic Games is entitled to in its successful competition case against Google and Apple could be affected by a hearing on a worldwide settlement reached by Google, a judge has said.
Probuild is fighting legal professional privilege claims by the co-owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria, who have brought a $356 million defects case against the collapsed builder.
Martinus Rail’s lawyers can’t get an boost in their fees despite winning a fight against grain supply chain Co-Operative Bulk Handling over a $23 million payment claim for the construction of a rail siding.
The National Native Title Tribunal has partially granted a mineral lease to Australian Ilmenite Resources, finding the critical minerals producer’s plans to expand ilmenite mining within one area in the Northern Territory was in the public interest.
A 259-hectare greenfield industrial site in Melbourne’s north has been sold to Yale Investment Group for $275 million.
A leading construction and infrastructure lawyer with major projects and disputes experience will head up Jones Day’s Sydney office as one of the firm’s new partners-in-charge.
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