Law Firms

A judge has ordered financier MaxCap to hand over certificates of title for property associated with collapsed developer APH Holding's $320 million Wellington Health precinct in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill.

The firm behind a class action over remote housing in the Northern Territory has appealed a decision rejecting its bid to undo orders on the scope of the initial trial, after the judge disregarded submissions by a class action solicitor that "affronted" her.

A lesbian activist group has succeeded in setting aside a decision that upheld an Australian Human Rights Commission decision denying it permission to exclude transgender and bisexual people from its events.

Melbourne-based biopharma Telix has filed a lawsuit against Purdue Research Foundation seeking to invalidate its patent for blockbuster prostate cancer treatment Pluvicto.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is on the hook for royalties payable to the heirs of iron ore pioneers Don Rhodes and Peter Wright, a judge has held in a long-running battle over lucrative tenements in the Pilbara region.

The High Court has thrown out Victoria's $4,970 cap on political donations months ahead of the next state elections, finding the law is unconstitutional and unlawfully benefits the major parties.

Actor and director Rebel Wilson will no longer press claims that The Deb producer Amanda Ghost sexually harassed leading actress Charlotte MacInnes as a part of her defence to MacInnes' defamation proceedings.

Mastercard executives who claim they had no anti-competitive purpose when pursuing agreements with retailers to favour its network are expected to face cross-examination about responses given to the Reserve Bank about its least cost routing initiative.

Owners and head contractors could be caught out for unexpected payments and lose rights they thought they had, as far-reaching changes to Victoria’s security of payment regime take effect today, a construction expert told Lawyerly. 

Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart could be on the hook for millions of dollars in royalty payments, in a long-running battle over lucrative iron ore mining tenements in Western Australia's Pilbara region.