A judge has questioned a contingency fee bid by Slater & Gordon in a class action against Insurance Australia, saying the risks of the case were inherent to almost every class action.
Insurer NRMA faces a Fair Work case by a former in-house lawyer who alleges she was dismissed after making a whistleblower complaint.
RAMS franchisees have called out the Westpac unit for âold school litigation,â as they seek information about alleged anomalies in home loan applications that led to the nixing of their franchise agreements.
An appeals court has found Transport for NSW was not empowered to compulsorily acquire land for the âpublic purposeâ of the Western Sydney Airport.Â
Hoping for a discounted penalty, fintech iSignthis has won its bid to adduce evidence of without prejudice offers it made to reach a resolution with ASIC before the regulator took it to court.
Ten has resolved a case by former journalist Tegan George that alleged the network’s Canberra bureau had a culture that was âsexually hostile, demeaning and oppressiveâ.
The legal watchdogs in three states have issued a guidance on the ethical use of AI, recommending that lawyers only use the technology for âlower-riskâ tasks like drafting correspondence.Â
Thomson Geer has poached two Clyde & Co partners and their teams to join the firm in 2025. Construction expert Phillip Coady will join Thomson Geerâs Sydney office, while financial services regulatory expert Liam Hennessy will join the firmâs Brisbane office. In addition to the partners, 14 lawyers from Coady and Hennessyâs teams will also…
A competition class action against Stanwell and CS Energy has been tossed, with a judge finding the power companies’ conduct was legitimate âprofit maximisation behaviourâ.Â
The High Court has declined a request by Shinetec for it to weigh in a dispute over an abandoned $185 million development in Gosford, NSW.