The High Court has agreed to hear the appeals of two former Dick Smith exes following judgments that awarded a total of $55 million in damages to NAB and the receivers of the defunct electronics retailer.
Eleven current and former Star Entertainment executives have refuted ASIC’s claims that they breached their duties in relation to the casino operator’s lax money laundering compliance, with all but two denying they had a duty to ensure the company complied with its legal obligations.
The wife of the late mining executive Ken Talbot wanted to “destroy” the law firm that advised her husband about his will, a court has found in awarding costs against the widow.
Hall & Wilcox has bolstered its Perth commercial practice with the appointment of a litigation partner and his team from boutique firm Summers Legal.
Hall & Wilcox has lured a Baker & McKenzie veteran and renewables specialist to lead its Sydney finance practice.
US tool giant Illinois Tool Works has defeated an appeal to a ruling that found Australian tool company Airco infringed it patent for a fuel cell designed for use in combustion tools.
The widow of mining executive Ken Talbot has lost a case alleging law firms Arnold Bloch Leibler and Boyd Legal mishandled her late husband’s estate after a judge found she had a “stated intention to destroy” the estate lawyer.
Ashurst has lured a partner from Hall & Wilcox as the firm looks to expand its Sydney real estate team.
The High Court has unanimously dismissed Western Power’s challenge to a judgment which found the state-owned electricity supplier breached its duty of care to inspect power poles on private land and was partly liable for property damage from the 2014 Perth Hills bushfire.
A court has rejected the plans of a Clive Palmer-owned mining company to dig a coalmine in central Queensland, finding the mine would infringe on the human rights of First Nations people and future generations of Queenslanders, and contribute to “foreseeable and preventable life terminating harm”.