Law Firms

A Rawson Group unit has successfully argued that it was entitled to rescind an option deed to buy land in the Southern Highlands of NSW after the soil was classified as a “problem” that posed real risks of increased building costs.

A court has dismissed a challenge by ISPT to a $20 million tax assessment by the NSW State Revenue's Office over two acquisitions that increased its stake in Fort Street Real Estate Capital Fund.

The owners corporation of a luxury apartment block in Sydney’s North Shore have been awarded $7.8 million in a summary judgment ruling after developer Lotus Fund failed to put on more than bare denials.

Gadens has brought on eight new partners, building out its offering for in-demand practices like corporate, financial services and real estate and construction.

The prevailing applicants in a contest to run class actions against Hyundai and Kia want all their costs of the beauty parade against the plaintiffs and funders of the failed cases, arguing the whole of their outlay was unnecessary.

Despite its loss in a class action against Queensland power companies, which has put it on the hook for $32 million in costs, funder LCM has avoided calls for cash security in a representative proceeding over toll road charges.

A judge has imposed a $1.55 million penalty on car finance lender Money3 in ASIC's action alleging breaches of responsible lending obligations, criticising the regulator again for its "sprawling" case. 

HSF Kramer has appointed eight new executive counsel in Australia from a cross-section of major practice areas, a week after announcing its latest round of partner promotions.

A2 Milk has won a long-running lawsuit alleging Care A2 Plus infringed its trade marks, with a judge finding the infringement was flagrant and rejecting arguments that 'a2' is descriptive of a type of milk that only contains the A2 protein.

A judge has hit mattress retailer Emma Sleep with a $15 million penalty after it admitted to repeatedly misleading consumers about discounts, saying the ACCC's proposed $36 million was not needed to achieve deterrence.