A NSW barrister has been hit with an injunction for working without a valid practising certificate after a judge made a complaint to the Bar Association.
A judge has questioned why a class action against Aveo Group has âstalledâ after tossing the retirement home providerâs bid to determine group membersâ loss in a preliminary hearing, saying the questions in the case could not be âneatly separatedâ.
As states across Australia grapple with lockdowns and rising COVID-19 cases, lawyers practising in a range of areas, from employment to insurance, are bracing for a fresh wave of pandemic-related litigation before the year is out.
The judge overseeing ASICâs first COVID-19-related case has criticised personal lender ClearLoansâ delay in responding to the case, saying a change in the company’s legal representation was not an excuse for defaulting on court orders.
BlueScope has labelled “delusional” an argument by the competition regulator that alleged correspondence from a distributor about the steel companyâs suggested higher prices was evidence of price-fixing.
Liberal MP Christian Porter has won his bid to block Nine and News Corp from using secret portions of ABCâs defence to his defamation allegations that the media giants accessed as intervenors in the former Attorney-Generalâs case.
Steel maker Bluescopeâs claim that it didn’t engage in cartel conduct because it only encouraged distributors to set a price for its products would “eviscerate” cartel laws, the ACCC has told a court.
A judge has expanded a freezing order over assets owned by Forum Finance director Vincenzo Tesoriero to include property outside Australia, including a yacht in Miami dubbed âXOXOâ, after Westpac raised concerns about non-disclosure.
US machinery manufacturer Caterpillar has won its appeal of a decision approving sportswear brand Pumaâs ‘Procat’ trade mark application, with a judge finding âa significant numberâ of consumers might be confused by the mark.
The NSW Environment Protection Authority must develop policies to protect the environment from the threat of climate change, a judge has found in a significant victory for climate advocates.