A class action over the planned demolition of public housing towers in inner-city Melbourne has appealed to the High Court, arguing a failure to give notice of the rebuild affected residents’ right to remain in settled social communities.
A court has found that Moolarben Coal waived privilege over legal advice given by a Sydney silk in the course of a warranty dispute over a Komatsu haul truck that caught fire.
A class action over the planned demolition of inner-city public housing towers has filed a special leave bid with the High Court, arguing that Homes Victoria’s failure to give residents notice of the rebuild affected their right to remain in settled social communities.
The former president of the Federation of International Polo, who successfully defeated a defamation suit by a prominent polo benefactor, has failed to recover $1.2 million in legal fees paid to a US law firm.
A class action representing KFC workers who were denied rest breaks has reached a settlement with the bulk of the fast food chain’s franchisees targeted in the case.
Dexus has halved the number of documents it claims are shielded by legal privilege from production to fellow owners of airport operator APAC ahead of trial over an alleged breach of a shareholder deed, a court heard Monday.
A court has found that Perth home builder Broadway Homes sacked an employee the day after it was notified he was suing over unresolved underpayment issues.
Investment firm KKR is teaming up with asset manager HMC Capital, investing up to $603 million in a project devoted to wind and battery assets.
The child of a Holocaust survivor, barrister Gregory Sirtes has been sworn in as a judge on the NSW Supreme Court, saying his appointment was the “tiniest repayment” for the opportunities given to his Hungarian Jewish family as post-war migrants.
Leading construction barrister Gregory Sirtes has been sworn in as a judge on the NSW Supreme Court, praised for the impartiality he showed in defending a strata manager against a challenge by a miniature schnauzer named Angus to a blanket ban on pets.