Law Firms

Two former directors of food supplier PMFresh can't withdraw admissions in a case alleging they used company funds for personal benefit, despite a related police investigation.

Mastercard's Australia boss was anxious to sign a deal with Woolworths on payments processing after learning that Coles had chosen to route all debit transactions through the cheaper EFTPOS network, a court has heard.

A court has given Planet Ark Power lender Marketlend the green light to seize eight CATL batteries worth $2 million from the defunct Queensland renewable energy company.

An employment class action against McDonald's and its franchisees has won a last-minute bid to file evidence by three new witnesses after a key witness withdrew from the case.

A judge has ruled that lender Monland can recover a $39 million debt against the director of a property developer whose Hawthorn project encountered “severe difficulties”.

Deakin University has won an injunction barring a former professor from running his research business as 'Blue Carbon Lab', finding the university owns the associated trade marks.

Piper Alderman has hired a leading real estate partner from Clayton Utz who brings in-demand expertise on renewable energy and large-scale developments to the firm.

A judge has tossed a suit seeking to recover a $1 million deposit on a $20.7 million agreement to purchase the former Jon Adgemis-owned Hotel Diplomat in Potts Point, after the deal fell through over concerns about mould and water ingress.

A company owned by ex-Goldstone Private Equity managing director Alexandra Commins can't assert privilege over Thomson Geer advice that was provided jointly to her business partner James Angelis, ahead of a hearing on penalty after the court found the PE firm acted oppressively towards her.

Granting a joinder bid in an unfair preferences case over the failure of carpentry firm Empryl, a judge has urged the Federal Court's rules committee to resolve a question hanging over liquidators seeking to bring proceedings against multiple defendants.