Law Firms

The owner of a proposed shopping centre development in Melton is appealing a Victorian Supreme Court order that it return $1.5 million to a defunct developer that allegedly breached a $30 million land sale contract.

Real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield has settled a suit by a former managing director who alleged he was unfairly terminated to prevent him from keeping a $1.5 million sign-on bonus. 

Investors in Falcon Capital's First Guardian Master Fund will recover less than 10 per cent of a $33.5 million loan advanced to an inexperienced Melbourne developer, under a settlement reached by the company's liquidators.

The former CEO and chief legal officer of Star Entertainment are challenging a judge's orders that they pay a combined $1.1 million for failures in connection with anti-money laundering compliance.

Investors in Falcon Capital's First Guardian Master Fund will recover less than 10 per cent of a $33.5 million loan advanced to an inexperienced Melbourne developer, under a settlement reached by the company's liquidators.

ThinkPad maker Lenovo has launched an appeal against an IP Australia decision that US-based Boston Limited’s ‘Thinkmate’ trade mark did not step on the Chinese computer company's brand.

A judge has refused a bid by engineering firm Destec to purge a contempt after the company posted videos produced by MinRes in an IP fight, finding it failed to fully and frankly explain the breach. 

An initial investigation by law firm Allens that cleared KPMG over a whistleblower's allegations of misuse of confidential data has been slammed by parliamentary committee members as lacking independence.

A group of Gold Coast residents has asked the High Court to overturn the approval of a nine-story luxury residential development, arguing the court failed to consider the 'reasonable amenity expectations' of neighbouring residents before allowing the building to exceed local height limits.

Asset Energy is appealing a decision which rejected its challenge to the Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority'a decision not to extend the permit for its PEP11 gas exploration project off the Hunter coast in NSW.