Online trading platform IronFX has won its action against the Australian Financial Complaints Authority over a finding it wrongfully caused an 83 year-old French resident to lose his life savings.
Hall & Wilcox has lured a senior finance, corporate and regulatory lawyer from the Reserve Bank of Australia, in what is being described as a major coup for the practice.
The law firms and barristers who defended former Dick Smith directors in sprawling litigation over the failure of the electronics retailer earned close to $68 million in fees, a court has heard.
Hall & Wilcox has lured a cyber whiz to bolster the firm’s cyber insurance and advisory practice, amid an expected jump in cyber-related claims this year.
The influence of an unvaccinated “iconic world tennis star” on the young and impressionable was not fanciful, the Full Federal Court has said in reasons for throwing out Novak Djokovic’s challenge to his deportation from Australia.
Tennis star Novak Djokovic’s challenge to the Immigration Minister’s decision revoking his visa was unanimously dismissed Sunday, clearing the way for his removal and crushing his hopes for another Australian Open title.
The world’s No. 1 men’s tennis player Novak Djokovic has won a court challenge to the cancellation of his visa, with a judge ordering his immediate release from detention.
National Australia Bank and HSBC should be “jointly and severally liable” to pay a portion of the costs of a failed case brought by Dick Smith’s receivers against the company’s former directors because the banks stood to gain financially if the lawsuit was successful, the NSW Supreme Court has heard.
Hall & Wilcox is strengthening its presence in Western Australia with the appointment of three lawyers nabbed from the now-closed commercial law firm Kott Gunning.
Western Power is not entitled to palm off the legal costs of defending a class action after an appeals court found it was negligent in causing the January 2014 Perth Hills bushfire which destroyed 57 homes, a court has said.