MinterEllison has lured the head of real estate from KPMG Law to join its firm as special counsel after the consulting giant announced it was shutting down its legal services division.
Self-described property ‘mogul’ Sasha Hopkins has agreed to pay a $1.25 million fine and face a four-year disqualification in proceedings by the corporate regulator.
The High Court has declined to grant special leave to a former HWL Ebsworth client seeking to revive a decision that found the law firm’s bad advice over property in Parramatta’s ‘Auto Alley’ cost it $2 million.
A breakdown in the relationship of two high-flying friends — former senior ANZ executive David Carr and Barclays top banker Ivan Ritossa — was not a reason to order the winding up of the pair’s property investment trust, a court has found.
Darwin Airport, which is locked in litigation with an airport hotel, has succeeded in overturning a finding of apprehended bias against a Local Court judge for referencing the nickname of the hotel’s director, local construction magnate John ‘Foxy’ Robinson.
White & Case has snagged a partner from Maddocks with more than 25 years of experience in corporate real estate to assist the firm on global transactions and restructurings.
The Australian Pacific Investment Corporation has scored a win a dispute with Vasco Trustees over a managed investment scheme at the Yarra Valley Lodge hotel, with a judge finding that ‘evergreen’ licensing agreements are invalid.
A property developer has been ordered to pay $11.2 million to the liquidators of Plutus Payroll after a judge found he helped an employee of the defunct payroll services company “wash” money he blackmailed from the company’s directors.
MinterEllison has lost four partners to Clayton Utz, including commercial litigator and head of Minters’ Canberra office, George Shaw.
A class action on behalf of public housing tenants who were allegedly forced to relocate is facing a bid for summary judgment by the ACT government, which claims it is not the correct respondent.