Industries

The consumer watchdog has raised concerns about rising prices and unregulated airport charges amid significant infrastructure investment and record revenue at the nation's busiest airports. 

The Federal Court has cautioned self-represented litigants against using generative artificial intelligence to decide whether their case has merit, saying it is "not reliable for legal help”. 

A challenge to the City of Sydney's refusal to approve a digital billboard on the heritage-listed Grace Bros building has fallen flat, with a judge saying the sign would “dominate the skyline” and affect key views from Broadway.

Mills Oakley has been hit with a negligence lawsuit by a former client who claims the firm failed to advise of the tax consequences of demolishing a dwelling before selling a property in Melbourne's east for $5.4 million.

ASIC has had mixed success in a case against former Star directors and officers, with a judge finding the casino operator’s former CEO and GC breached their duties but that claims against the former board fell short.

The law firm and funder behind the settled class action against QSuper will seek almost $31 million in costs and commission at an upcoming hearing.

Developer Vantager has been ordered to sell off six properties to satisfy a judgment debt and compensate buyers who overpaid for a Denham Court property by more than $34 million due to what the court called the developer's "brazen fraud and dishonesty". 

King & Wood Mallesons has advised Wollemi Capital on a blended finance facility provided by not-for-profit Transition Accelerator for a carbon credit reforestation project in Western Australia.

The High Court has been asked to undo a stay granted to gas giants Esso and Woodside in a lawsuit related to a project for extracting hydrocarbons in the Bass Strait.

The University of Sydney has won its bid to add an $80 million claim to its six-year-old case against Multiplex over alleged defects at the Charles Perkins Centre.