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Nick Scali is seeking damages against Sparke Helmore for alleged negligent advice in an intellectual property dispute.
ME Bank faces criminal charges after ASIC investigation
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Members Equity Bank has been hit with criminal charges for allegedly making false or misleading representations and violating the National Credit Code.
Court bars ex-Liberty Financial exec from jumping ship to competitor
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A judge has issued a temporary injunction barring a former manager from non-bank lender Liberty Financial from moving over to a unit of the Wingate Group, after hearing the company was “start-up facsimile” of Liberty which aimed to become a competitor in the future.
Mosaic Brands hit with $630,000 penalty for misleading claims about hand sanitiser, masks
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Mosaic Brands has paid $630,000 in penalties after being hit with infringement notices by the ACCC for misleading claims made about hand sanitiser and masks sold on its websites at the height of COVID-19 pandemic last year.
Government owes duty of care to protect children from climate change, court rules
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The federal Minister for the Environment owes a duty of care to children who could suffer “catastrophic” harms from increased greenhouse gas emissions that would result from approving the expansion of Whitehaven’s Vickery coal mine, a judge has ruled.
AMP faces unconscionable conduct action for charging dead customers
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The corporate regulator is taking five AMP entities to court alleging they acted unconscionably by continuing to charge life insurance premiums and advice fees to more than 2,000 customers after they were notified of their death.
Conflict concerns raised over King & Wood Mallesons partner’s role in payments system review
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King & Wood Mallesons has come under fire over partner Scott Farrell’s role as head of a Treasury review into the Australian payments system, with a Sydney fintech claiming the law firm appears to have a conflict of interest.
Scott Morrison should apologise to Christine Holgate for ‘improper threat’, report says
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison should apologise to former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate for leveling an “improper threat” during a Senate hearing last year that she should “stand aside or go” for purchasing $5,000 Cartier watches as bonuses for four employees.
‘Very bad idea’: Barrister warned Chrysanthou about fallout if she took Porter brief
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A junior barrister expressed concerns to Sue Chrysanthou SC about her acting for Christian Porter in his defamation proceedings against the ABC, saying friends of the women who accused him of rape were “behaving like a cult” and that there could be fallout in the media, a court has heard.
Ben Roberts-Smith wins bid to split his case in upcoming defamation trial
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Ben Roberts-Smith has won approval to split his case at the upcoming trial in his defamation case against three publishers over articles accusing him of war crimes, with a judge saying the seriousness of the allegations against him weighed in favour of the unorthodox move.