Law Firms

Law firm DLA Piper has boosted the ranks of its tax practice with the appointment of three partners, along with a team of five, from Clayton Utz.

HWL Ebsworth and former partner Dennis Bluth have been hit with a new lawsuit in the Victorian Supreme Court after allegedly providing negligent advice regarding a development in south-west Sydney.

The federal government has flagged its intention to bring a strike-out application to narrow the group member definition in a class action by single women and same-sex couples who were denied Medicare rebates for IVF.

The publisher of the Herald Sun has filed a strike-out application against novel privacy claims by the wife of Victorian Liberals' deputy leader Sam Groth, saying it was exempt as a news outlet.

The former chief legal counsel of online travel agency Webjet is suing her former employer, claiming she was  bullied, excluded from work and eventually sacked after raising concerns about the work history of its CEO.

A judge will appoint a contradictor to weigh in on a class action's novel bid to vary the rate of a group costs order, just two months after the court approved a lower rate than was sought by the firm that's running the case.

A judge wants answers on why builder Geocon has filed a $4 million construction dispute over two Canberra developments in the Federal Court, where a separate fight with its joint venture partners is playing out. 

In response to a High Court ruling giving the Catholic Church an out for the actions of its priests, Victoria has vowed to introduce legislation to extend the vicarious liability of institutions, a move welcomed by plaintiff law firms.

The firm wants a bigger slice of any recovery in its case against Paladin Energy, but its clearer funding arrangement and realistic litigation budget give it the edge over a rival class action outfit, a judge has found.

The events described by an ex-Master Builders Association board member read like a best-seller, involving as they do boardroom drama, a secret investigation and an alleged whistleblower. But as thrilling as they sound, they don't support orders for discovery against the construction lobby group, a judge has said.