ASIC has won a $20 million judgment against derivative trader Forex CT for using âunfairâ sales tactics and misleading clients into making trades from which the company would benefit even when they had informed their adviser they had limited financial resources.
The Australian Law Reform Commission has suggested judges should transfer applications for their own disqualification to a separate duty judge to decide, after hearing concerns about how the “bias blind spot” may operate in the existing self-disqualification procedure.
Ben Roberts-Smith threatened legal action against his ex-wife, who is set to give evidence against him in an upcoming defamation trial, if she disclosed information to Fairfaxâs lawyers that is subject to a confidentiality agreement, a court has heard.
Staff members who worked for two Melbourne aged care providers will be removed as group members in class actions accusing the homes of negligently handling the coronavirus pandemic.
A judge has partially struck out mining magnate Clive Palmerâs defence to WA Premier Mark McGowanâs defamation claim over statements which allegedly accused the premier of corruption, abusing his position and lying about the decision to close the stateâs borders at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
The director of building company Modscape is fighting to access Gadensâ advice concerning an allegedly false and malicious letter sent to the Victorian Building Authority which questioned his financial probity.
Deloitte has failed to set aside a request for documents recording talks with partners about retirement after they turned 62, in a closely watched age discrimination lawsuit challenging the accounting firmâs mandatory retirement policy.
NSW public sector employees have lost their bid for a 2.5 per cent salary increase, with an appeals court upholding a decision which found the economy would be better served by public spending on infrastructure investment than public service salaries.
NSW Health has hit back at a class action accusing it of failing to pay overtime hours to junior doctors, saying that because they did not submit an overtime claim they were taken to have worked the additional hours âof their own volitionâ.
A criminal defence lawyer who represented convicted criminal Salim Mehajer has won court approval to join the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald to her defamation lawsuit over an article and social media posts that allegedly implied she breached her oath as a solicitor by being romantically involved with clients.