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The Commissioner of Taxation is pursuing a former Big Four partner for allegedly promoting tax exploitation schemes for clients. But a fight has broken out in court over whether his identity -- and the name of the accounting firm -- should be suppressed.
A self-represented applicant is challenging the permanent stay of his competition class action against Google and Meta over the digital companies' decision to ban cryptocurrency ads.
The Full Federal Court's finding that the High Court did not extinguish the power of judges to make common fund orders on approval of class action settlements is the latest milestone in the evolution of Australian class action jurisprudence, experts say.
With bated breath class action litigators and funders have waited for this day, when the Full Federal Court decides the question of power to make common fund orders at settlement. They aren't the final arbiters, but the judges' ruling may be no less important for that.
Johnson Winter Slattery has lured to the firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth's intellectual property litigator Chrystal Dare, who led the historical copyright case over the rights to the Aboriginal flag.
Two former Dick Smith executives have settled with the receivers of the defunct electronics retailer, dropping a High Court appeal over an $11.8 million ruling.
A talent scout whose company was acquired by Teneo is suing the Australian arm of the global CEO advisory firm, alleging she endured 16-hour workdays and was exposed to a toxic, male-dominated work culture.
Diversity and merit are not mutually exclusive, say supporters of changes to the rules governing barristers in Victoria, which will add to the Bar's stated aims fostering inclusiveness and preventing discrimination.
A solicitor has been found guilty of professional misconduct for shuttering his law practice to avoid paying a barrister's $137,000 bill and for repeatedly failing to respond to the legal watchdog's subsequent requests for information.
AMP and a group of financial advisers in a class action over changes to the firm's buyer of last resort policy have agreed to another round of mediation, even as the wealth manager appeals a judge's liability finding.