Christine Caulfield

Gold Coast Council has brought a High Court case over a decision that found the city must consider the provision of affordable housing in assessing an application by developer Cielo Group for a luxury beachfront highrise.

The former CEO of engineering services firm DRA Global has failed in a dispute over law firm emails he claimed were produced in futherance of an unlawful scheme to take control of the company's board.

The prudential regulator has imposed licence conditions on Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and will keep a $50 million capital add-on requirement, following a Deloitte analysis that found "material deficiencies" in its non-financial risk management.

The competition regulator has referred Vets Central’s proposed acquisition of rival Hills Veterinary Centre for an in-depth merger review, saying the tie-up could substantially lessen competition.

A second shareholder class action has been launched against James Hardie over the building materials company's market disclosures, setting up a contest between two class action plaintiff heavyweights.

HWL Ebsworth has lost its bid to summarily dismiss a former partner’s case alleging the firm unlawfully discriminated against him on the basis of age when it expelled him from the partnership.

The workplace regulator has put gig economy employers on notice, with new minimum wage standards for on-demand delivery workers taking effect on Monday in a world-first for the sector.

Super trustee REST Nominees has dodged indemnity costs but is still on the hook for paying a "cast of thousands" after losing a bid to temporarily block the sale of the Dexus bloc of shares in Melbourne Airport operator APAC.

The former CEO of engineering services firm DRA Global has failed in a dispute over law firm emails he claimed were produced in futherance of an unlawful scheme to take control of the company's board.

There is a time for everything, as Ecclesiastes says, but who has time for class actions that plead everything and the kitchen sink, a vexed judge wants to know, calling on litigants to home in on the real contest in their cases.