ASIC has secured freezing orders over the assets of an investment fund managed by Keystone Asset Management, with a court also ordering a Keystone director to surrender his passport amid an investigation by the corporate regulator.
Offering a mixed review of the NSW budget on Tuesday, the Law Society of NSW welcomed the funding boost to legal aid and other key agencies but said the state should do more to modernize the courts.
McCullough Robertson has snagged a partner from HWL Ebsworth to join the firm’s construction and infrastructure team in Sydney.
Gilchrist Connell is growing its national insurance practice, nabbing three litigation experts from rival firm Colin Biggers and Paisley for its Sydney office.
The Australian Football League has panned as “legally misconceived” a bid to drag individual clubs into a class action against the league on behalf of football players who allegedly suffered brain injuries.
A Sydney doctor has failed to set aside a bankruptcy notice from Dentons in relation to $113,000 in unpaid legal bills, with a judge finding the law firm validly served the notice and that the application to set aside was not filed in time.
The ACCC has flagged competition concerns about drug supplier Sigma Healthcare’s proposed $8.8 billion reverse merger with Chemist Warehouse, saying the tie-up could harm independent pharmacies and lessen competition in pharmacy retail.
The Mining and Energy Union is pursuing pay increases of up to $40,000 per year for labour hire workers at three BHP coal mines under new legislation, saying the energy giant’s use of labour hire to cut pay was “out of step” with community standards and the law.
Four judges made this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list for their service to the law and the judiciary.
A day after the National Anti-Corruption Commission closed its investigation of six officials linked to the Robodebt scandal, an appeals court has overturned a decision barring access by a campaigner to documents related to the disastrous scheme for collecting Centrelink debts.