Two directors of mortgage aggregator Connective engaged in oppressive conduct towards a minority shareholder and Macquarie Bank was a “knowing participant” when it acquired $5 million worth of shares in the company, the NSW Supreme Court has found.
Hoping to correct “mistakes” in his testimony in the trial of Clive Palmer’s defamation case, Western Australia Attorney-General John Quigley will get the chance to amend his evidence as a witness for state premier Mark McGowan next month.
Novartis wants to appeal a ruling in its dispute with generic drug maker Pharmacor over patents for its multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya that tossed three of its four experts out of an upcoming so-called hot tub.
A judge has upheld the Council of the NSW Law Society’s decision to ban a solicitor for making posts from his firm’s social media accounts representing that a judge condoned murder and rape, and encouraging people to flout mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
A judge has questioned GME’s pursuit of additional damages in its intellectual property lawsuit against Japan’s Uniden that alleges the upcoming launch by the wireless communication giant of two new CB radio products amounts to infringement of its design patent.
Damages owed to a millionaire couple by JD Group over a “deliberately misleading” rendering of a $9.58 million apartment in South Yarra, Melbourne will be put on ice pending the outcome of the property developer’s appeal.
Embattled mining company Griffin Coal is facing criminal prosecution following a referral from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission over alleged failures to meet financial reporting and officeholder requirements.
A judge has rejected the Australian Taxation Office’s claim that legal professional privilege does not apply to any communications between PricewaterhouseCoopers and its client, meat processor JBS, but has found that many of the reviewed documents do not satisfy the test of privilege.
A Sydney-based law firm and one if its senior partners has defeated lawsuits by five former clients alleging breach of duties and conflict of interest relating to a rejected $4.45 million settlement in an employment case against Westpac.
Peters Ice Cream has been hit with a $12 million penalty after admitting to entering an anti-competitive exclusive agreement for distribution of its single serve ice creams to service stations and convenience stores across Australia.
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