Law Firms

A class action over alleged unlawful strip searches at music festivals has lost its bid to strike out the NSW government’s defence against claims of sample group members, after the lead plaintiff was awarded $93,000 in damages.

The contractor behind Alinta Energy’s gas-fired Pilbara power station has been awarded $7.1 million, with a judge finding Alinta failed to ensure clear and safe access to the site. 

Coles wants to file further expert evidence in its dispute with the ACCC over the acquisiton of land in Kalgoorlie, WA, claiming it had no notice of the regulator's "novel" theory of harm.

Ingenia Communities has rejected a revised $2 billion unsolicited takeover offer from private equity firm Warburg Pincus, which would require it to abandon its acquisition of land developer Peet.

Administrators of OneSteel Manufacturing secured an extension of time to hold a second creditors' meeting after shuttering the Whyalla steelworks' blast furnace, as they continue sales talks.

A former client of Sydney law firm Coleman Greig has been refused leave to appeal a costs assessment, with a judge finding a review panel didn't err when weighing the hourly rate of a non-lawyer.

Allianz has lost its bid to recover a contribution from AIG over a $1.65 million worker's compensation claim against Icon subcontractor Built Tech Hoardings.

Food delivery service HungryPanda wants to lift a stay in a case against competitor Fantuan over the acquisition of delivery platform EASI, after a $24 million judgment was entered in related UK proceedings.

Investment manager Macquarie has been hit with a second class action by investors who sank over $320 million of their superannuation into Keystone's collapsed Shield Master Fund.

US-owned Torrens University is accused of systematically underpaying casual academics who have worked across its Australian campuses, in the first major underpayments class action against a private university.