Law Firms

The NSW government is fighting a bid to add a direct discrimination claim by the lead applicant in a class action alleging racial discrimination over the placement of children in state care. 

A court has rejected a bid to expand a lawsuit over a Chinese investor's $27.5 million contract to purchase a building at 99 Queen Street in Melbourne to join the matriarch of the "very wealthy" family.

Ashurst has announced plans to merge with US law firm Perkins Coie, creating a powerhouse firm with 3,000 lawyers across 23 countries with ambitions to lead the way on AI.

The Geelong Football Club has launched a bid to summarily dismiss or strike out claims alleging breaches of occupational health and safety regulations in a concussion class action against the AFL.

Spanish multinational electrical giant Iberdrola has been selected to design and operate the Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector West transmission project, part of the state's pipeline of new energy infrastructure projects.

University of Sydney staff members who claim a professor unlawfully “named and shamed” them as pro-Israel have lost their bid to continue their racial discrimination case as a class action, while the university has lost a summary dismissal bid in a similar case.

One Nation's Pauline Hanson was not motivated by racism but provoked by the hypocrisy of rival politician Mehreen Faruqi when she fired off her "piss off back to Pakistan" tweet, her lawyer told the Full Federal Court Monday. But Faruqi's barrister has told the appeals court the accusation of hypocrisy was itself racist.

A judge has tossed a developer's challenge to a NSW Heritage Council decision on a new residential development plan for the site of the former Kenmore Hospital in Goulburn, saying there was no decision to appeal.

The Takeovers Panel has agreed to hear Mayne Pharma's latest dispute with Cosette over the US drug maker's attempts to walk away from their $672 million merger agreement and extended the timeline for completing the deal.

The owner of Sydney developer Coronation Property has sued Fairfax for defamation over a Sydney Morning Herald story that allegedly linked him to arson attacks on two childcare centres and the home of YouTuber Jordan Shanks.