Law Firms

REST Nominees has lost an injunction bid barring the sale of the Dexus bloc of shares in Melbourne Airport's operator pending an appeal, after refusing to give an undertaking that it foot the entire damages bill if its challenge fails.

Metals Manufactures has launched legal action for $33 million in damages against Fletcher Building and unit Crane Group, saying it was misled into paying $170 million for plumbing supply business Tradelink.

A group opposing a Southern Cross Gold unit’s Victorian gold tunnel project has been ordered to pay $50,000 in security, with a judge saying he was unconvinced the case is purely in the public interest. 

A court has rejected a bid to undo the state significant development status of a proposed 37-storey, 100-unit shop-top housing development in Northern Sydney.

A judge has dismissed Woodside's bid to compel three protesters who carried out a stunt involving the release of ‘stench gas’ at its office to identify other individuals involved, calling the gas giant’s suspicions "conjecture and speculation". 

A judge is not too thrilled about the ACCC's bid for details of Microsoft's defence in a suit alleging the software giant duped millions of customers into upgrading to more expensive product plans, saying "it pains me the court has to take time" to hear the application.

Italian builder Webuild has lost its bid to permanently stay a SafeWork NSW prosecution over an 2022 incident while tunnelling for the Snowy Hydro expansion that allegedly gave rise to a risk of death or serious injury to two workers.

The competition regulator has given its draft approval to Fortnite maker Epic Games and Google for their global settlement of allegations of misuse of market power by the digital giant.

Challenging the first win for shareholders in a class action, logistics company Brambles says a trial judge erred in his findings on liability as well as loss.

Thomsons has recruited a leading technology partner from Gilbert + Tobin and a media specialist from Bird & Bird, shoring up the team's capabilities in response to growing client demand.