Law Firms

A Sydney developer has lost its challenge to a ruling over a deed granting it an option to purchase a Marsden Park property, with an appeals court finding it altered its case on appeal.

A tribunal has upheld the Greater Dandenong City Council’s decision to refuse PC Infrastructure a permit to build a service station in Melbourne's east, finding the "overall intensity" of the plan was too great for the site.

A judge has tossed a 117-ground appeal by a former Sun Legal client who was awarded over $1.2 million after his solicitor was found to have failed to give proper advice about a Victoria hotel purchase.

A judge has told group members in a class action against the AFL on behalf of players who allege they suffered on-field brain injuries that they will need to be prepared to hand over medical information for an upcoming mediation to be successful.

Construction company Built has lost its opposition to an application by job recruitment platform Built In for registration of the trade marks 'Built in Australia' and 'Built in Sydney'. 

Gilbert + Tobin has hired a senior tax lawyer from EY to build a tax controversy practice at the firm.

A judge has expressed shock that only 2,000 documents have been produced in a class action against Tesla over self-driving cars and threatened the Elon Musk-run car maker with a "a seriously bad time" if he finds the discovery is lacking.

ASIC says payday lenders Cigno, BSF and their directors should pay $150 million in penalties, arguing a judge should not have found they were entitled to a reduced $7 million in penalties because they had relied on legal advice from Piper Alderman.

The Full Court has found women-only social media app Giggle for Girls committed direct discrimination on the basis of gender identity by excluding a transgender woman from the platform and slapped its founder with aggravated damages for repeated misgendering during trial.

The Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal in a class action over the government’s 2011 live exports ban, which will have consequences for the damages that can be awarded to cattle exporters.