Law Firms

Adani has asked the court to toss a class action by First Nations landowners over media statements made during a dispute over the Carmichael open cut mine in Queensland.

The High Court has found derivative crown immunity did not allow the NSW government to enter into alleged anti-competitive agreements when privatising two ports, disagreeing with a decision in a related case by the ACCC.

Mastercard risked losing half its revenue from retail interchange fees as a result of the Reserve Bank's least-cost routing initiative, and struck deals with top retailers to defend its core business, a court was told Wednesday.

A judge has thrown out a law firm's bid to review a costs assessment manager's decision to grant a Sydney silk more time to make a costs assessment application for services he provided almost a decade ago.

A court has granted development approval to an 85-unit apartment block in Sydney's North Shore that exceeds height restrictions, finding that strict compliance is unnecessary given the development will provide affordable housing. 

DLA Piper has promoted five partners in Australia, following other firms in boosting the energy and infrastructure expertise in its partnership ranks.

EnergyAustralia has lost its appeal of a finding that it's on the hook for portable long service leave for maintenance workers at its Yallourn power station because its significant maintenance activities mean it's 'in the construction industry', a ruling that could affect energy, rail and telecommunications firms.

A Western Australian couple has sued fertility services provider Monash IVF after the company implanted a woman with a different embryo than the one they had donated.

A judge has ruled that the initial trial in a union’s underpayments class action against McDonald’s will deal with a claim that it knowingly breached the Fair Work Act and that there was a systemic pattern of conduct.

A trial judge has heard that Mastercard's top Australian executives discussed stripping Woolworths of strategic merchant status if the supermarket giant routed customer transactions through the cheaper EFTPOS network.