Law Firms

The Star has settled a long-running dispute with the ATO over GST on payments made to junket operators, with the ATO agreeing to refund $33 million of the $88 million in dispute. 

Children's ride-on toys manufacturer Smart Trike wants to withdraw admissions it made in a dispute with Target over a convertible stroller recall, blaming its lawyers for what it says was an error.

The Full Federal Court has found Hansard extracts are inadmissible in Tesa Group's judicial review challenge to Fair Work Commission Deputy President and former Labor MP Terri Butler's refusal to recuse herself from the mining company's 'same job, same pay' cases.

Victoria’s State Revenue Office has gone to the High Court in its battle with shopping centre landlord Vicinity Funds over $82.5 million in stamp duty.

A judge has found that a prominent defamation solicitor in Sydney was the only "plausible" person who told a journalist at Sky News details of a confidential settlement in a dispute by a pro-Israel activist against the owner of Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway.

Lander & Rogers says its independence has helped the firm remain agile at a time when Australian law firms are increasingly pursuing international mergers to contend with economic pressures and rising client expectations.

Nuix has lost its appeal of a ruling that found it must pay $20 million in legal costs before its insurers must cover its bills for defending multiple class actions and an ASIC case over its $1.8 billion float.

Engineering services firm Worley might win the High Court's leave to appeal its loss in a shareholder class action despite the justices delving into many of the same issues raised in cases against the Commonwealth Bank, experts tell Lawyerly.

A former in-house lawyer at Boeing claims she was sacked by the aviation company after complaining that the company and her boss failed to check on her welfare after the December 14 Bondi terror attack.