A battle over unpaid fees by a former Mills Oakley client is not over after a judge found the law firm notifed the company of default judgment against it almost a month before winning the judgment.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won its bid to appoint liquidators to solvent landbanking company Aviation 3030, with a judge saying ASIC’s public-interest case for the scheme’s winding up was “overwhelming”.
Billionaire property developer Harry Triguboff is taking NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to court in his fight for approval of a controversial tower in Macquarie Park, Sydney.
Piper Alderman and a senior female partner who has accused the law firm’s leaders of sex discrimination have been unable to settle their dispute out of the glare of the courtroom.
A serviced apartments provider has discontinued its appeal of a ruling that blocked it from trade marking the phrase “Waldorf Apartment”, after Hilton Worldwide â which owns New Yorkâs iconic Waldorf Astoria hotel – opposed the move.
A leading female partner at Piper Alderman, who is suing the firm’s other partners for sex discrimination, has told a court their attempt to oust her from the partnership was based on groundless claims of bullying and was a case of “skulduggery”.
Law firm Piper Alderman said Friday it would defend a sex discrimination case brought by a leading female partner against the firm’s partnership, saying it did “not tolerate inappropriate workplace behaviour of any kind”.
Property listing rivals REA Group and Domain have settled a trade mark lawsuit over an agreement between Domain and the owner of US website realestate.com to redirect Australian traffic to Domain’s website.
A female Piper Alderman partner has filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the firm’s other partners and has won a temporary injunction blocking the partnership from ousting her.
A product liability class action has been filed against the manufacturers of Alucobond PE cladding, the first of what’s expected to be several lawsuits over the combustible cladding, believed to be in the majority of buildings in Australia.