Law Firms

Jones Day has recruited Milbank's head of APAC restructuring for the global firm's Sydney office to bolster its insolvency practice.

One Nation politician Pauline Hanson has lost her appeal of a ruling that found she breached the Racial Discrimination Act with a tweet that said Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi should “piss off back to Pakistan”.

Two Deloitte reports commissioned by a Swiss law firm for Credit Suisse are protected by legal professional privilege despite access given to financial regulators investigating the collapse of supply chain financier Greensill. 

A class action over Victoria's hotel quarantine debacle that has settled for $125 million wants to amend the group definition to clarify that non-retail businesses are not part of the case.

Shine Lawyers has won a 12-month extension to serve class actions three against drug companies that sell proton pump inhibitors.

Retailer Kmart has reached a settlement with Queensland online fashion brand Sabo Skirt over alleged cheap knockoffs.

The Northern Territory has been hit with a class action over the alleged discriminatory treatment of Aboriginal Community Police Officers.

An appeals court has rejected a landowner's bid to remove a section of the Grand Pacific Walk north of Wollongong because the popular walkway deprived it of car access to its coastal property, ruling the walkway did not infringe its right of access.

Australian renewables company Goldwind has taken engineer Zenviron to court, alleging it's on the hook for $2.6 million in road rectification payments related to the construction of the Moorabool wind farm in Victoria.

A seasoned energy lawyer who cut his teeth at Norton Rose Australia and US firm Skadden Arps has been appointed general counsel at Firmus, as the AI data centre start-up preps for a $7 billion public float later this year.