A Sydney solicitor has lost a 10-year-old dispute with a former client over fees, after unsuccessfully claiming a cost assessorâs conduct in issuing multiple preliminary cost certificates ran afoul of the Legal Profession Act.
The NSW Labor Party has agreed to drop its case against law firm Holding Redlich for providing allegedly negligent advice over a $100,000 illegal cash donation delivered in an Aldi shopping bag.
Toyota has denied allegations it fitted up to 500,000 diesel vehicles with engine devices designed to scam emissions tests, in a class action that could be âone of the biggestâ in Australian history.Â
Monster Energy has lost a trade mark tiff with American broadcaster A&E Television, with IP Australia giving the media company the all-clear to register a mark for its âMonster Motor Challengeâ TV series.Â
A federal court judge has slammed Australiaâs use of makeshift hotel detention centres as lacking âordinary human decencyâ, but ruled they are not illegal in the case of a Kurdish refugee who was held for 14 months in two Melbourne hotels.Â
The Albanese government has named a Sydney university law professor as Australia’s new Sex Discrimination Commissioner.
A former Holden dealer has won the right to see General Motors corporate strategy documents in the five years leading up to Holden’s retirement, in his suit claiming the carmaker’s executives misled him when saying GM was â100% committedâ to the line before axing it just a few years later.Â
Law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has ceased acting for Mad Dogg Athletics in its defence against a trade mark lawsuit by Peloton Interactive, one of 27 proceedings the California fitness company is facing across five countries, a court has heard.
A judge has knocked back a bid by the Australian Federal Police to have an upcoming trial over an allegedly defamatory press conference run on a stripped-back âfirst impressionâ basis.
An appeal by Atanaskovic Hartnell over a $330,000 damages judgment in favor of a former general manager is motivated in part by the court’s award of costs in what is a typical ‘no-cost’ employment case, the firm has told a judge, who questioned how much money had been spent on the case already.