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A leading climate change lawyer at Baker McKenzie has made the jump to Gilbert + Tobin, less than a year after the US firm’s renewable energy practice lost its global co-head and two partners to another Big Six firm.
IOOF unit fined $6M for financial adviser’s bad advice
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A judge has hit IOOF unit RI Advice with a $6 million penalty for failing to rein in an adviser who reaped hefty commissions for steering clients towards risky investments, despite earlier expressing concerns the penalty may not have enough sting.
Money transfer business directors face jail in first criminal cartel sentencing of individuals
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The directors of two money transfer businesses will be the first individuals to be sentenced for criminal cartel offences after pleading guilty Thursday to charges over the fixing of foreign exchange rates.
Reckitt-Benckiser asks High Court to overturn decision on Maxigesic ads
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Consumer goods giant Reckitt-Benckiser is seeking special leave from the High Court to challenge a Full Court judgment that overturned a finding that AFT Pharmaceuticals ads’ for its painkiller Maxigesic were misleading.
SAS soldier said he feared ‘dobbing in’ Ben Roberts-Smith for alleged killings of Afghan villagers
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A serving SAS soldier has reiterated his testimony that Ben Roberts-Smith was involved in the killing of two Afghan detainees, telling a judge he was afraid that ‘dobbing in’ the decorated war veteran would lead to his demotion.
Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest launches private criminal case against Facebook over crypto scam ads
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Australian mining magnate Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest has filed private criminal proceedings against Facebook over cryptocurrency investment scams that used his name and image.
Hall & Wilcox boosts cyber team with new partner appointment
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Hall & Wilcox has lured a cyber whiz to bolster the firm’s cyber insurance and advisory practice, amid an expected jump in cyber-related claims this year.
Combustible cladding class action in doubt as insurer Vero denies coverage
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A class action against failed Fairview Architectural over alleged combustible cladding hangs in the balance as a court sets the stage for a fight with insurer Vero over a $190 million policy.
High Court asked to weigh in on patentability of computer-implemented inventions
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Plumbing company Repipe has asked the High Court to take up its case centred on the controversial issue of patent eligibility for computer-implemented inventions, seeking to overturn a judgment it argues sets a new and impermissible test.
Ben Roberts-Smith ordered shooting of Afghan man, court told as trial resumes
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Australia’s most decorated Afghanistan war veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, ordered the shooting of an Afghani man during an Easter Sunday patrol, a court has heard.