A former Manus Island security guard has sued Maurice Blackburn, alleging the firm’s negligence prevented him from receiving higher compensation for his psychiatric injuries.
Rejecting an urgent travel ban bid by the corporate cop, a court has cleared Melbourne businessman Rashid Alshakshir to fly to Indonesia, saying the evidence did not show he was a flight risk.
A nurses union has won orders barring St Vincent’s Private from representing to nurses that protected industrial action in relation to the closure of beds at various hospitals is unlawful and unprotected.
Lawyers representing two class actions against the state of Queensland over alleged unlawful removals of Indigenous children have called on the state to produce unredacted files about the lead applicants.
Macquarie Capital has hit back at a class action over an alleged misleading prospectus for Nuix’s $1.8 billion IPO, saying it was entitled as underwriter to rely on the software company’s promises.
Wealth guru Dominque Grubisa wants the High Court to overturn a finding that she had actual knowledge her company’s statements were misleading, saying the case raises unresolved questions about accessorial liability.
The largest KFC franchisee in Australia has been ordered to pay damages to a former breastfeeding manager after a tribunal found she had to express milk under a tent in a doorless storeroom.
Allens has bolstered its real estate team with the recruitment of a long-time Clayton Utz partner to join its Sydney office.
Real estate lawyer Vicki Aron has joined Clayton Utz’s Sydney office as a partner after seven years at Ashurst.
The liquidators for landbanking company Aviation 3030 can recover half of a $3.4 million landholder duty from a former director, after a judge found they reaped benefits from indirect ownership in land sold for $135 million in 2018.