The owners of a Hamilton Island resort are facing a potentially lengthy legal battle after suing their builder and its insurer over $20 million in allegedly defective rectification works completed after Cyclone Debbie. The villas owned by Great Barrier Reef Yacht Club Villas were damaged in the March 2017 cyclone, after which Insurance Australia Limited…
Global law firm Jones Day has recruited two corporate partners from rival Hogan Lovells to join its transactions team in Sydney.
Legal fees will eat up more than half of a $3.5 million settlement reached in a class action over deaths at a NSW aged care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Social media ‘link in bio’ company Linktree has been sued by a former executive who says she was discriminated against because of her pregnancies.
Property developer Drivas has lost its court fight over plans for a nine-storey tower atop the heritage-listed Murrays Building in Parramatta’s Centenary Square.
Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus has won discovery to pursue a possible copyright claim stemming from a Royal Australian Air Force flight simulator contract.
Jaguar Land Rover can’t make an offer to settle the claims of unrepresented group members in a class action over alleged faulty filter systems until after it provides a copy of the offer to solicitors representing the class.
A patent examiner who questioned IP Australia’s examination processes has lost his appeal of a Fair Work Commission decision that found he was not forced to resign from his job.
Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is facing a new class action alleging it sold talcum powder that was contaminated with asbestos and caused reproductive system cancers in women.
A long-time Nine Network reporter has settled her sex discrimination claims against her former employer.