Bell Potter has defeated a lawsuit by Nicholas Boltonâs Keybridge Capital over a 2015 phone call which lasted one minute and 18 seconds in which the investment firm was accused of committing its client to buy $10 million worth of shares in defunct Molopo Energy.
A judge who lashed âunsatisfactory cooperationâ between Chubb and British automotive distributor Inchcape has found the insurerâs policy covers some but not all costs stemming from a cyber attack which allegedly caused over $4 million in loss.
Salaries for junior to mid-level lawyers have increased by 20 per cent in the last year but the legal market is facing difficulties as firms struggle to fill positions, causing the traditional law firm pyramid structure to âcollapseâ, a report has found.Â
Irish insurer Zurich Insurance has refused consent for a class action over a defective New Zealand apartment block to proceed in the NSW Supreme Court as it mulls a High Court challenge to the case.
The CFMMEU and two of its officials have been hit with the maximum penalty for allegedly breaching right of entry rules and calling a safety advisor âdisgusting homophobic slursâ at a worksite on the $5.4 billion Queensland Cross River Rail project.
A former Greenwoods & Freehills partner will argue he is entitled to whistleblower protection in his lawsuit against the tax advisory firm and Lendlease, alleging he was forced to leave after refusing to put his name to a tax return and making protected disclosures.
A Melbourne lawyer âdriven by his own greed and egoâ should be struck from the roll for at least nine years for grossly overcharged his clients and being âprofessionally dishonourable, blatantly dishonest and deceitfulâ, VCAT has found.
Chinese construction and engineering firm BCEG has won a $12 million lawsuit against two former directors of an Australian subsidiary after they allegedly swindled millions from the company to fund their own developments and buy a luxury apartment.
A client of Corrs Chambers Westgarth has filed an appeal after a judge found the firm went âfar beyond the permissible scopeâ of involvement in an expert report prepared for a trade secrets case.
In the wake of a landmark judgment that held class actions are not managed investment schemes, engineering giant UGL has given up its case against two unions that sought to block them from funding an underpayments class action.