Most Recent
Seven, reporter win strike-out bid in AFL player’s defamation case
Defamation 2025-02-14 11:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Seven can strike out part of West Coast Eagles player Jack Darling’s suit alleging it was the ‘publisher’ of allegedly defamatory articles in The West Australian that accused him of being anti-vax.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Carnival wins approval of settlement in P&O ‘cruise from hell’ class action
Class Actions 2025-02-13 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has signed off on a $2.4 million settlement in a class action against Carnival over a seven-day South Pacific voyage that sailed into a Category 5 cyclone.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

S&P fails in bid for all class action expert evidence to be thrown out
Class Actions 2025-02-13 3:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Ahead of an eight-week trial in an investor class action in July, ratings agency S&P has lost its bid to throw out the entirety of the expert evidence in the case.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Wright Prospecting heirs mull costs order against brother’s litigation funder
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-02-13 11:58 pm By Sam Matthews

The heirs of iron ore magnate Peter Wright have won a bid to haul their brother Julian to court to question him about the identity of the funder who backed his unsuccessful case against them in a dispute over their father’s estate.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
No privilege waiver by Holiday Inn Express developer in claiming damages: court
Appeals 2025-02-17 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The developer of a suite of Holiday Inn Express hotels has succeeded in its appeal of a ruling that laid bare privileged material connected to its lawyers’ bills.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
Lendlease resolves dispute over $625M land valuation for Sydney CBD plot
Construction 2025-02-17 4:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Lendlease has resolved its challenge to a valuation for the site of its $3.1 billion luxury development One Circular Quay, located between the Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

MinRes confirms boss will step down over disclosure failures
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-02-13 3:38 pm By Andy Sidler

Mineral Resources confirmed Thursday managing director Chris Ellison will be replaced following a disclosure scandal detailed late last year, but no new penalties will be imposed.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Former IRExchange execs charged with Corporations Act violations
ASIC 2025-02-13 11:22 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has charged three former directors of failed online grocery wholesaler IRExchange for allegedly violating the Corporations Act.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

All judges immune from civil suits for judicial actions, High Court says
Courts 2025-02-12 11:26 am By Sam Matthews

The High Court has overturned a controversial decision that put a judge on the hook for a man’s false imprisonment, finding that all judges are immune from civil suits for acts done in the performance of their judicial duties.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

BHP class action can expand group definition, but not retroactively
Appeals 2025-02-12 10:34 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against BHP can include in the group member definition investors who bought shares on secondary platforms, but the change can’t apply retroactively.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?