Law Firms

A judge has approved an $87 million settlement in a class action against Hino Motors, but says he needs to hear from a contradictor before greenlighting a law firm's 25 per cent contingency fee.

A judge has tossed an application for a contempt hearing against in-house lawyers, editors and journalists at Nine who allegedly breached suppression orders in a former ABC radio host’s unfair dismissal case.

Global law firm Clifford Chance has launched a construction practice in Australia after nabbing a special council from Pinsent Masons to lead the group.

Developer Dennis Family Corporation has been hit with class action by purchasers of apartment units in Brisbane who allege their contracts were wrongly terminated after the market value of neighbouring properties soared by 40 per cent. 

A law firm has filed a representative complaint with the OAIC on behalf of six million Qantas customers affected by the company's recent data breach.

ASIC has won travel bans against two people who are being investigated over their links to Keystone and Falcon Capital funds, which are suspected of misusing investor money, after the regulator claimed losses could be “catastrophic”. 

A unit of developer Dennis Family Corporation has been hit with a class action by buyers of apartments in a Brisbane estate who claim their contracts were wrongly terminated when neighbouring property values soared.

Glencore Coal has lost its case against the Port of Newcastle alleging it has been overcharged shipping fees based on a determination by the competition watchdog.

Private equity firm Goldstone has cited an "irretrievable breakdown" in the relationship between shareholders in seeking to appeal a ruling that found it liable for oppression.

ASIC has opposed a bid by online investment platform eToro to rely on late expert evidence in the regulator’s first-ever action alleging breach of obligations in designing and selling financial products over high-risk contracts for difference.