Andy Sidler

The engineers that provided design services for Victoria’s West Gate tunnel project have sued software provider Midas, alleging it used the wrong formula to calculate stiffness in bridge designs. 

Big Four bank NAB has paid $751,200 for inaccurate credit data disclosures under the Consumer Data Right rules, the largest penalty to date for breaches of the regulations.

With three months until trial, a judge has knocked back a former ANZ trader’s bid to appeal a decision which barred him from amending his case for what would have been the thirteenth time.

Monash IVF has won an injunction against its former chief operating officer, who departed after the fertility company's embryo mix-up came to light, that limits his participation in his new employer's Australian operations.

Russell Kennedy has bolstered its property practice, luring lawyers from Johnson Winter Slattery and Colin Biggers Paisley. 

White & Case has snapped up an IT and IP expert from Bird & Bird, citing the increasing need for technological expertise in M&A and private equity transactions. 

Optus has agreed to pay a $100 million penalty in a case brought by the ACCC, admitting the watchdog's allegations that staff pressured customers into buying phones they couldn’t afford.

A judge has found that the former liquidator of developer North Shore did not rely on an appraisal of a residential block in settling a dispute over the alleged uncommercial sale of four units in a Lane Cove development, despite finding it was likely not a genuine document. 

An appeals court has tossed a challenge by construction firm Builtcom to an adjudication that slashed a $30 million payment claim against developer VSD Investments by $21 million, saying mere legal error was not enough.

A judge is mulling whether to declass a group proceeding against the Australian Football League and Geelong Football Club, saying after three years of pre-trial procedures, the case is officially “out of hand”.