Law Firms

Slater & Gordon is poised for new leadership, with chair James MacKenzie and two other directors set to depart in the wake of a scandal that saw all staff salaries disclosed in a firm-wide email.

IC Markets is fighting a class action's bid for “highly private and confidential” information about possible group members to craft personalised opt-out notices, arguing the information would be safer in the hands of a third-party mailing house than a plaintiff firm given increasing cyberattack risks. 

A Sydney developer has launched a bid to opt out as a group member of a combustible cladding class action against 3A Composites and Halifax to bring its own "copy" of the case.

The liquidators of real estate investment company Global Capital Property Fund have sued the company’s current and former directors, alleging breaches of fiduciary duties in relation to a Queensland development.

A developer for a high rise building in Mascot, Sydney has launched a post-trial bid to opt out as a group member of a class action against cladding manufacturer 3A Composites and supplier Halifax, in order to bring its own "copy" of the case.

Fonterra said Tuesday it had settled a dispute with Bega Cheese over the status of lucrative licence agreements as part of a $3.8 billion sale of its Australian business to French dairy company Lactalis.

The Wiggles former CEO says he was axed from his role with the children's music sensation after complaining about the group's leader, Anthony Field, who allegedly doled out bonuses to friends and relatives and "undermined" him.

Lender White Oak has argued it can shield an email that repeats legal advice from Ashurst that was accidentally disclosed to insurers Bond & Credit Company and Tokio Marine, which it has sued over the collapse of supply chain finance company Greensill. 

A NSW Industrial Court judge has dismissed a case on behalf of junior doctors seeking a 10 per cent allowance for temporary employees, saying while the doctors were on fixed-term contracts they were permanent employees.

Engineering firm Clough Projects Australia is challenging a judge's order staying its $54 million cross-claim against former Energy Connection joint venture partner Elecnor.