A judge has stayed a bid by the Illawarra Hawks and Melbourne Phoenix basketball clubs for preliminary discovery to determine whether to pursue claims against the National Basketball League.
The Fair Work Commission has allowed a former Lovisa worker to file an unfair dismissal claim out of time, finding that an error by her lawyer constituted an exceptional circumstance.
The Takeovers Panel has found Cosette cannot close a Mayne Pharma drug manufacturing plant in Adelaide, another win for Mayne in its push to block the US drug maker from walking away from their $672 million merger.
Plaintiff firm Margalit Injury Lawyers has escaped a client’s bid to revive his negligence suit, with an appeals court finding the firm was protected by advocate’s immunity.
Developer Villawood has lost a bid to add its director’s three daughters to a lawsuit over an alleged “dishonest and fraudulent design” to divert valuable management fees for a development in Wallan, Victoria.
A judge has handed a builder a win in a dispute over a $16 million development in Double Bay, finding that the parties had made no agreement to withdraw a payment claim.
A developer has lost a $18 million dispute with the Victorian revenue office over duties for purchasing the Alphington Paper Mill, which it plans to develop into a new mini-suburb with 2,500 homes.
University of Sydney staff members who claim a professor unlawfully “named and shamed” them as pro-Israel have lost their bid to continue their racial discrimination case as a class action, while the university has lost a summary dismissal bid in a similar case.
A judge has tossed a developer’s challenge to a NSW Heritage Council decision on a new residential development plan for the site of the former Kenmore Hospital in Goulburn, saying there was no decision to appeal.
The NSW Law Society’s unusual approach to a proposed case against a law firm principal for a clerk’s alleged embezzlement of client funds means insurer Lawcover’s summary dismissal bid must fail, a judge has said.