Law Firms

The former CEO of Richard White’s anti-money laundering software company Kyckr has agreed to strike out her entire case and file a new pleading in her suit accusing the Wisetech chair of misleading and deceptive conduct.

A judge has ruled that former Noumi CEO Rory Macleod failed to ensure the company complied with its financial reporting obligations, but found several of the corporate regulator’s claims fell flat.

Gold producer Evolution Mining has won an initial trial against the Australian Tax Office over a purported decision to cancel the transfer of $31 million in tax losses after it acquired Conquest. 

Communications between the environment minister's department and Woodside over the gas company's controversial North West Shelf project raised concerns about the apprehension of bias, activist group Australian Conservation Foundation has told a trial judge.

Queensland-based NextDC is facing a lawsuit from an enterprise account manager who alleges the data centre giant shortchanged him on commissions for contracts at its Melbourne and Sydney data centres.

Queensland-based NextDC is facing a lawsuit from an enterprise account manager who alleges the data centre giant shortchanged him on commissions for contracts at its Melbourne and Sydney data centres.

A judge has ordered a class action against Fitch to fork over $12.4 million in security, refusing to discount the sum for what the class action called the company's 'Rolls-Royce' defence.

A Singapore-listed company that acquired former ASX-listed coal miner Blackgold International is statute-barred from claiming that Blackgold’s former lead auditor should have detected fraudulent transactions in the company’s accounts.

A court has approved an application to drop a class action on behalf of former students at Fairbridge Farm School in NSW over alleged abuse, after the law firm running the case said it was "uneconomic". 

Coles has argued that the competition regulator’s decision rejecting the supermarket giant's bid to lease a new site in Kalgoorlie, WA was based on a theory of harm that is novel under Australian law.