Australia’s peak legal body has come out in support of the Albanese government’s gender equality targets bill, but called for guidance on what is a “reasonable excuse” for non-compliance.
A lawyer has won a $160,000 defamation judgment against her former clients over defamatory emails sent to members of the government and the legal profession.
Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus has won discovery to pursue a possible copyright claim stemming from a Royal Australian Air Force flight simulator contract.
A long-time Nine Network reporter has settled her sex discrimination claims against her former employer.
A shareholder and creditor of failed energy company Armour Group will have to front $3.5 million in security in its case against law firm Baker McKenzie and others ahead of an upcoming trial.
Pinsent Masons has hired two special counsel to boost its corporate and planning and environment practice areas.
Embattled casino giant Star Entertainment is reportedly negotiating with key Hong Kong based investors to save the Queen’s Wharf entertainment district project in Brisbane.
The heir to a Queensland concrete empire has been granted access to Neilsen Group’s books following a dispute with her brother over the company’s operations that resulted in her appointment as a director.
Gold miner Cassius Mining has succeeded in removing an arbitrator in its $443 million dispute with the Republic of Ghana over an aborted mining project.
DLA Piper has lured a finance partner from White & Case to join its Sydney office.