Law Firms

An injured construction worker has failed in his plea to the High Court to weigh in on his case, which alleged a principal contractor owed a duty of care to him as a sub-contractor's employee.

The NSW Land and Environment Court has granted approval for the development of three fast food outlets on a block off the Central Coast Highway in the heritage listed suburb of Kariong, despite objections from locals. 

Holding Redlich has lured two construction partners and one corporate partner for its Melbourne and Brisbane offices.

Ex-CFMEU Victorian branch boss John Setka has still not filed his defence in a case alleging he tried to get the former head of the construction industry watchdog sacked, and the Fair Work Ombudsman says it may seek summary judgment.

The failure of two class actions to prove loss linked to the Commonwealth Bank's disclosure breaches was not the fault of the bank, an appeals court has held in dealing the latest blow to shareholder group proceedings. 

A $59 million settlement has been reached in a long-running class action accusing five major banks of foreign exchange rate-rigging.

SMBC has lost a bid for documents connected to King & Wood Mallesons opinions in its suit against fintech Humm linked to the Forum Finance fraud, with a court saying the Japanese bank did not share joint privilege over the material.

An appeals court has rejected Keybridge CEO Nick Bolton's challenge to a ruling that found that he and two other directors were validly removed at a board meeting, finding in favour of shareholder WAM Active. 

A former synagogue president has won $120,000 in damages after suing The Age and two journalists over articles that accused him of unilaterally inviting a convicted spy to speak at an event.

The High Court has been asked to weigh in on whether issue and Anshun estoppel apply to SOP Act claims, with a South Australian wind farm seeking to overturn a ruling ordering it to make a $21 million progress payment to joint venture partners GE Renewable Energy and Elecnor.