Law Firms

Former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham has avoided a referral for contempt after he griped on social media in response to a tribunal decision in favour of Sydney MP Alex Greenwich.

Last year saw the lowest number of class action filings since 2016, but approved settlements reached the second-highest total ever, according to a recent law firm report.

The corporate cop is challenging a decision that tossed its breach of duty claims against three Regional Express board members over the company's continuous disclosure failures.

A class action over the government's 2011 live exports ban will go to a referee for determining how the 88,000 cattle that would have been exported should be allocated, despite the class action's claim this was part of the government's plan to declass the proceeding.

On his fourth day giving evidence in a shareholder class action trial, Arrium’s former CEO has denied that the company relied on overly optimistic assumptions when making forecasts about its business, despite a history of missed targets.

A judge has taken the "draconian step" of dismissing long-running tax cases by the members of the Obeid family, on the eve of a hearing over a $30 million freezing order against the family. 

Lifestyle Communities has lost its appeal after a tribunal found that exit fees charged to departing residents were void, with an appeals court saying a tenant must be able to calculate how much they will be charged. 

A Western Sydney landowner has secured a partial win in its challenge to the valuation of land compulsorily acquired for the M12 Motorway.

A surveyor who approved the use of combustible cladding on developments in Prahran, Brunswick East and Glen Iris has successfully challenged a disciplinary action that resulted in a suspension and $20,500 fine, with a tribunal finding he did his due diligence. 

Clayton Utz has lured an environmental and planning law specialist from Norton Rose Fulbright to join the firm's Brisbane office.