Law Firms

The Full Court has tossed a former Neometals employee's appeal of his failed whistleblower case, finding the company did not believe he had made a protected disclosure when making him redundant despite the company conceding that the was "somebody who frequently raised issues".

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has hired a leading projects partner from Ashurst who has significant experience in advising companies on the energy transition.

Two Sydney University academics facing discrimination suits over alleged antisemitic statements have argued proposed amendments risk blowing up the cases into "another royal commission".

Insurer Allianz Australia has been unsuccessful in an application to limit Uniting Church's coverage for historical sexual misconduct claims to $15 million under a professional indemnity policy.

Pharmacor has accused AstraZeneca of launching a royal commission into emails with its lawyers as AstraZeneca opposes the generic drug maker's bid to amend its pleading in a patent case over diabetes drug Forxiga.

Two former directors of food supplier PMFresh can't withdraw admissions in a case alleging they used company funds for personal benefit, despite a related police investigation.

Mastercard's Australia boss was anxious to sign a deal with Woolworths on payments processing after learning that Coles had chosen to route all debit transactions through the cheaper EFTPOS network, a court has heard.

A court has given Planet Ark Power lender Marketlend the green light to seize eight CATL batteries worth $2 million from the defunct Queensland renewable energy company.

An employment class action against McDonald's and its franchisees has won a last-minute bid to file evidence by three new witnesses after a key witness withdrew from the case.

A judge has ruled that lender Monland can recover a $39 million debt against the director of a property developer whose Hawthorn project encountered “severe difficulties”.