Most Recent
Piper Alderman appeals loss in fight to run Google ad tech class action
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-27 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Piper Alderman is appealing a decision that stayed its competition class action against Google in favour of a competing case, saying group members had been deprived of a “substantially superior” funding model.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
Judge quashes $2M default judgment against Vansan Construction boss
Construction 2025-08-28 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

The CEO of Melbourne builder Vansan Construction has persuaded a court to quash a $2 million default judgment won by SK Developments.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

TerraCom hit with $7.5M penalty in ASIC whistleblower case
ASIC 2025-08-27 11:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has hit coal producer TerraCom with a $7.5 million penalty in ASIC proceedings alleging it made misleading statements to the market that damaged a whistleblower’s reputation. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
Special Gold’s prospects in case against Dyldam payment intermediaries ‘manifestly weak’: judge
Construction 2025-08-27 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has hit Dyldam Developments’ former boss Sam Fayad and his two sons with costs after ordering them to pay $50 million in a case by the liquidator of a special purpose vehicle, but awarded costs to payment intermediaries for the liquidator’s “manifestly weak” case against them. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

ASIC takes Equity Trustees to court over Keystone’s defunct Shield fund
Financial Services 2025-08-26 1:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate regulator has brought its first action targeting a superannuation trustee as part of a wide-ranging investigation to claw back $480 million pumped into Keystone’s failed Shield Master Fund.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Fonterra, Bega settle row over licences in wake of $3.8B sale to Lactalis
Intellectual Property 2025-08-26 2:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fonterra said Tuesday it had settled a dispute with Bega Cheese over the status of lucrative licence agreements as part of a $3.8 billion sale of its Australian business to French dairy company Lactalis.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Wiggles CEO axed after complaints about group leader Anthony Field: suit
Employment 2025-08-25 11:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Wiggles former CEO says he was axed from his role with the children’s music sensation after complaining about the group’s leader, Anthony Field, who allegedly doled out bonuses to friends and relatives and “undermined” him.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
Developer wants to exit cladding class action to bring own case against Halifax
Construction 2025-08-26 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Sydney developer has launched a bid to opt out as a group member of a combustible cladding class action against 3A Composites and Halifax to bring its own “copy” of the case.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
Subcontractor wants court OK to pursue SOPA claim against Roberts Co
Construction 2025-08-26 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

Plumbing company Flowmotion has brought a court application seeking the OK to pursue a payment claim against the Victorian unit of builder Roberts Co, which entered administration five months ago.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
Fire House purchase by Sonnel marks first pub sale in North Sydney in 40 years
Real Estate 2025-08-26 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hotelier Mark Barry has sold the iconic Fire House Hotel for a reported $35 million, in the first freehold hotel transaction in North Sydney’s CBD in more than 40 years.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?