Law Firms

Lender White Oak may argue that settlement communications in proceedings over the collapse of supply chain finance company Greensill were in furtherance of fraud and should be turned over, after partially succeeding in a privilege fight with insurers BCC Trade Credit and Tokio Marine.

A law firm running a franchisee class action against United Petroleum has been accused of involvement in a public relations campaign that allegedly damaged the petrol chain’s reputation and depicted it as "evil".

A judge has urged the Federal Court's rules committee to settle a question hanging over liquidators seeking to bring unfair preferences proceedings against multiple defendants.

Competition lawyer Mark Grime has been recruited by Thomson Geer, making the jump from Clifford Chance. 

During her final day in the witness box, actress Rebel Wilson has denied claims that she was behind the hacking of the Snapchat account of 'The Deb' star Charlotte MacInnes.

A judge has again voiced doubts about the ACCC's misleading conduct case over Woolworths' 'Prices Dropped' campaign, probing counsel for the regulator at length on Thursday about how the claims stack up.

The board of HWL Ebsworth has thrown its support behind CEO Kris Hopkins to lead the firm, which will transition to a single chief executive model following the resignation of chief executive partner Russell Mailler.

Coles, Woolworths, McDonald's and Hungry Jack's have denied underpaying employees in class actions over Sunday pay entitlements in South Australia, saying that if workers were underpaid, they can set off any amounts owed against mistaken overpayments.

Lawyers running a class action against Qantas over flight cancellations during COVID-19 will take home $15 million from a $105 million settlement, while the funder is set to receive another $25 million, a court has heard.

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”.