Barristers

Seven Network and Chanel 7 have been hit with a $200,000 defamation judgment for implying three men involved an incident during a 2020 NRL match were racist.

A judge has disqualified himself from presiding over a victimisation case lodged by Queensland senator Pauline Hanson against former colleague Brian Burston.

British banking giant HSBC could face a new claim in ASIC proceedings alleging it failed to adequately protect customers from scams, a court has heard.

The Queensland government has been slammed for delays in two class actions over the removal of Indigenous children, while the state pushes to strike out claims at the heart of the case. 

Dovetail's legal counsel has accused the start-up’s boss of sexually assaulting her during a coercive relationship and claims the head of HR failed to support her and advised “not to shit where you eat”.

A Sydney law firm and its principal have been ordered to pay over $1.2 million to a former client after the solicitor was found to have failed to give proper advice about a hotel purchase.

Former directors of Steller Developments have told a court they did not intend to guarantee the company's debt in the event of bankruptcy, as trial kicked off in proceedings by the collapsed Melbourne developer's liquidators. 

Power company Callide has been hit with a $9 million penalty for “very serious” contraventions of the National Electricity Rules that led to an explosion at a coal-fired power station.

A High Court majority has found self-represented law firms can recover costs for their solicitors’ work, but in dissent two judges said the ruling effectively restored an exception scrapped five years ago.

The former CFO of Star Entertainment has reached a settlement in ASIC's case accusing ten executives of breaching their duties in relation to the casino operator's lax money laundering compliance.