Sam Matthews

A judge has made a lump sum costs order against a Sydney barrister in his long running dispute with a solicitor over a $320,000 bill, saying for a second time that his conduct in filing reams of material over the issue of costs was unreasonable.

Melbourne accounting firm Blue Rock has taken its former associate director of accounting to court, claiming she breached her employment contract by making the jump to competitor Nexia.

An appeals court has found water infrastructure investor Conexa liable to pay land duty on a $46 million Sydney pipeline it acquired as part of a blockbuster deal with Rosehill.

A former capital partner of HWL Ebsworth wants the High Court to overturn a finding that he was validly expelled from the partnership, arguing the firm’s conduct breached the Equal Opportunity Act.

Origin Energy has been hit with a class action alleging it breached its continuous disclosure obligations and misled the market in its earnings guidance for the 2022 and 2023 financial years.

A judge has approved a $20 million settlement in a class action against NAB, despite initial concerns about the “moral hazard” of paying fees incurred by the applicant's former lawyers to prepare “sub-optimal pleadings”.

A Melbourne doctor has lost his defamation suit over negative online reviews, with a judge saying she was not convinced the “spleen venting reviews” damaged his business or caused serious harm to his reputation.

Mining giant Glencore has sued the operator of the Port of Newcastle over shipping fees, alleging it has been overcharged over $800,000 after the port authority disregarded a determination by the competition watchdog.

The Douglas Menzies Chambers in Melbourne’s CBD is expected to fetch $25 million, as the iconic legal offices are opened up for sale for the first time in over 30 years.