Law Firms

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.

Renewable energy projects are moving away from rigid, long-term tolling agreements towards more flexible financing structures, according to an Ashurst partner, with lenders warming to new mechanisms like virtual tolling agreements. 

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.

Two Sydney University academics facing discrimination suits over alleged antisemitic statements have argued proposed amendments risk blowing up the cases into "another royal commission".

A global settlement may now be within reach in a class action brought by Navy technicians over training contracts after a larger number of same group members' claims have been assessed, a court has heard. 

Mastercard's Australia boss was anxious to sign a deal with Woolworths on payments processing after learning that Coles had chosen to route all debit transactions through the cheaper EFTPOS network, a court has heard.