An ancient history academic and lawyer has filed a class action against the federal government, claiming he and other postgraduate research candidates were underpaid by major Australian universities.
The Law Council of Australia has raised concerns about the Australia Taxation Officeās draft protocol for handling claims of legal professional privilege, saying it āoverreachesā and asks too much from lawyers.
A Forum Finance director is unable to file a defence against Westpacās $400 million fraud case because his former solicitor has refused to hand over case files to his new lawyers until he pays a āremarkableā $300,000 legal bill, a court has heard.
Investors have won a bid to freeze the assets of cryptocurrency exchange platform operator Blockchain Global after it allegedly stole $10.3 million from ninety-four traders.
The Commonwealth does not have to hand over health advice given to the National Cabinet concerning Australiaās COVID-19 response and vaccine administration to the applicants in three lawsuits contesting compulsory vaccination orders by the NSW Health Minister.
Government-owned Airservices Australia has appealed an order that it pay $72,450 in fines to a civilian air traffic controllers union for withdrawing guidelines for standby shifts, which a judge found was a āserious breachā of an enterprise agreement.
Australian tech startup Unlockd has sued Google in the United States for abusing its control over the Android smartphone ecosystem, claiming it was forced into bankruptcy because of the US tech giantās anticompetitive acts.
Qantas has filed a bid to delay a hearing on penalty after a judge found the airline outsourced ground operations partly to prevent employees engaging in industrial action, but the TWU has said a stay would be āunfairā to 1,600 former ground staff.
Former Attorney-General Christian Porter has stepped down from the federal cabinet after refusing to reveal information about an anonymous donor that covered a portion of his costs in pursuing defamation proceedings against the ABC over an article airing historical rape allegations.
Avant Insurance has lost a bid to pause an order that it pay $371,000 in the legal costs of a surgeon facing a class action by breast implant patients of defunct clinic the Cosmetic Institute while the insurer’s appeal is pending.