Law Firms

A class action against developer Mulpha Norwest and the Penrith City Council over a 683-lot development in Glenmore Park will include secondary and tertiary purchasers, a court has heard.

Lawyers stuck inside by the dreary, cold weather have been keeping busy penning a slew of new suits targeting the likes of Coles, REA and Nine.

Saint Gobain-owned CSR has been ordered to hand over monthly performance reports for four business units and its building products division, in a misuse of market power case by insulation distributor Consolidated Energy.

Auditor BDO has asked the court to stay ASX-listed software company Dubber’s negligence suit over $26.6 million in alleged missing funds while a parallel case by ASIC over alleged false and misleading financial reports is on foot.

Saint Gobain-owned CSR has been ordered to produce monthly performance reports for four of its business units and its building products division, in a competition case by insulation distributor Consolidated Energy.

Woolworths has told a judge in an underpayments class action where its remediation costs could stretch to $330 million that sending a notice to group members reminding them to keep records would be “premature and potentially misleading”. 

Heads may roll after a court on Friday rejected the evidence of key Dexus employees at trial over a breach of APAC's shareholder deed, in a ruling that revealed some insiders suspected the "embarassing blunder" would come back to bite.

KPMG CEO Andrew Yates has stepped down over his handling of a senior executive's reports of misuse of confidential client information, as the firm hires Big Six firm Allens to investigate the whistleblower's claims.

Insurance Australia Limited has settled $4 billion action brought by Germany's Greensill Bank and its administrator ahead of a six-month trial against the insurer and others over the failure of the trade financier.

A solicitor who brought a successful shareholder case 13 years ago against the liquidators of HIH Insurance has lost a long-running dispute with another lawyer over the spoils.