Barristers

Actress Rebel Wilson has fired lawyers who were representing her in NSW Supreme Court and Federal Court defamation proceedings linked to her film 'The Deb'.

Dexus has halved the number of documents it claims are shielded by legal privilege from production to fellow owners of airport operator APAC ahead of trial over an alleged breach of a shareholder deed, a court heard Monday.

The High Court has declined to grant special leave to a prefab home builder that was hit with $500,000 in damages for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct by convincing a couple to vary their contract to allow the use of cladding they had previously rejected.

Danish company Vestesen Hybrid Energy has taken Zenith Energy to court for allegedly infringing its patented system for operating an electrical grid where energy is generated by a fluctuating renewable energy source. 

A silk representing the Parramatta Eels has told a court that a lawyer for rugby player Zac Lomax told the club three National Rugby League clubs were interested in adding him to their 2026 lineup.

A tribunal has halved an eight-year ban imposed on a former manager of over-the-counter derivatives provider Trade360, accepting that he did not have actual knowledge of the company's contraventions.

A Sydney barrister has taken a law firm to court, alleging it owes him $1 million in unpaid fees for his work on almost 40 cases. But the firm argues the fee agreements are void.

Four group members have resolved their challenges to settlement payouts in a franchisee class action against 7-Eleven, and a judge has accepted he need not review the confidential deals. 

Star Entertainment has come up short in its $4 million case against Buildcorp Group over alleged defective construction and refurbishment work on the gambling giant's Sydney casino.

A developer with plans for a retirement village on part of the Federal Golf Course has lost a bid for an interim stay of a tribunal proceeding by a community group opposed to the project.