Barristers

A Canberra solicitor has won his challenge to disciplinary action over a settlement that included a $3.5 million benefit for his law firm in return for mothballing a potential overcharging class action against another firm.

A funder that unsuccessfully sued the plaintiffs to recover funds advanced for a lawsuit against Transport for NSW over the compulsory acquisition of land for the WestConnex highway project has lodged an appeal.

Sydney silk Richard Lancaster SC has been appointed as senior counsel assisting the royal commission led by former High Court Justice Virginia Bell into antisemitism launched in the wake of the Bondi terrorist attack.

A First Nations elder has defeated a developer's appeal against a local council's decision to reject plans for a $30 million housing estate in Lismore, with a court agreeing the development would adversely impact Aboriginal cultural heritage.

A judge has thrown out a breach of contract case against MercyCare over the purchase of Belrose Care and its Perth properties, finding the aged care provider complied with a deferred payment clause in their deal.

A judge has ordered a foreign investor in rare earths miner Northern Minerals to pay pecuniary penalties after it failed to comply with divestment orders, in the first case brought over alleged breaches of foreign investment laws.

Banksia Securities investors who agreed to drop their case alleging breaches linked to a scandal-ridden class action have been hit with costs, with a judge saying the case was “plainly” not for the benefit of all group members.

Real estate data company BCI and US analytics firm CoreLogic are fighting over expert evidence in a novel IP case over alleged data scraping, with CoreLogic saying a report by BCI’s accountant makes changes to its case two months out from trial.

Two Liberty Steel companies want a case brought in NSW by administrators for collapsed supply chain finance company Greensill to be put on hold while a related case in the UK is on foot.

Lawsuits against a Chinese real estate investor and his mother involving transactions linked to Sam Fayad's Dyldam Group have been paused pending criminal proceedings against the pair in Hong Kong.