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A leading defamation barrister warned silk Sue Chrysanthou not to act for Christian Porter in the former attorney general's defamation case against the ABC over its coverage of rape allegations, a court has heard.
A judge has pressed a barrister on why he's representing a former manager from non-bank lender Liberty Financial in proceedings seeking to bar him from jumping ship to startup ORDE Financial in addition to representing ORDE and its parent company, calling it an "unusual" arrangement.
The liquidator of restaurant chain Fogo Brazilia has been ordered to hand over communications with law firm Levitt Robinson as creditors seek to oust him from his role over alleged breaches of duty relating to a class action investigation.
One of the lead applicants in a settled shareholder class action against technology company Arasor wants to set aside a statutory demand from funder International Litigation Partners, reviving a years-long beef over $1.2 million allegedly owed in personal expenses under a side agreement agreement with the funder.
Juno Pharmaceuticals has backed away from its plans to launch a generic version of HIV drug Prezista in Australia after being hit with a patent lawsuit by Janssen, becoming the second generic drug maker to capitulate to the Johnson & Johnson-owned company's demands.
Global resources giant BHP Group has asked the Full Court to rule foreign investors should be excluded from a shareholder class action over the 2015 Fundao dam disaster, arguing the class action regime only applies to those in Australia.
The High Court has granted special leave to the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner in a case dealing with how the CFMEU’s history as a serial offender should have been considered when assessing the penalty the union should face for breaches of the Fair Work Act.
Senior barrister Sue Chrysanthou has rejected claims that she has failed in her duties as a barrister by representing federal minister Christian Porter in his defamation proceedings against the ABC over coverage of rape allegations.
Grant Thornton has won approval to a bring a cross-claim against Forge Group, just three months ahead of trial in the collapsed engineering company's case against the accounting firm and ten former directors for their alleged negligence in relation to its "uneconomic" purchase of CTEC in 2012.
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith is seeking all "covert recordings" held by Nine and revealed in a number of news publications last month in which the former soldier said it was his "sole mission" to destroy the journalists behind allegedly defamatory articles accusing him of war crimes.