HWL Ebsworth, the law firm at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak, is facing an investigation by WorkSafe that could result in criminal charges for breaches of workplace health and safety laws.
The law firm at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak linked to its Melbourne headquarters is still expecting its Sydney partners to work from the office despite warnings from NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian that the state had reached a “critical point”.
Law firm Gilbert + Tobin has won the dismissal of claims brought by businessmen Charif and Tarek Kazal over an alleged dishonest scheme to rob them of a 50 per cent stake in a lucrative Sydney waste facility that a judge said was “fundamentally incoherent”.
ASIC has called for a $15 million penalty against National Australia Bank over its scandal-ridden ‘Introducer’ loan referral program, but a judge has questioned the āsuperficialā investigations in the case and remarked on the corporate regulator’s “pattern” of bringing enforcement action after remediation programs were well underway.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has singled out a law firm over a coronavirus outbreak linked to its office as he announced the mandatory use of masks and called on Victorians to work from home where possible.
Victoria’s chief health officer has confirmed that a cluster of COVID-19 cases has been linked to law firm HWL Ebsworth, and has urged people to reconsider working from offices as coronavirus cases surge in the state.
The liquidators of Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel are appealing a win for the billionaire in their case over the collapse of the refinery in 2016, which centred on $102 million in loans allegedly paid by Queensland Nickel to Palmer’s Mineralogy.
Daily Telegraph publisher Nationwide News has failed in its appeal of a judgment that found it defamed Geoffrey Rush in articles that accused the Oscar-winning actor of sexually inappropriate behaviour, with an appeals court describing the stories as a āsensationalised tabloid crusadeā.
Owners of units in Sydney’s Opal Tower have filed a lawsuit against the NSW Government and builder Icon after allegedly discovering more than 500 additional defects in the troubled building.
The judge overseeing a copyright infringement lawsuit against an electronic music duo and Air France over the 1977 disco hit ‘Love Is In The Air’ has denied a request to re-open the case or tweak his reasons for rejecting most claims for damages, saying the plaintiffs’ opportunity to raise an argument they had likely “overlooked” had passed.