Law Firms

A court has extended urgent freezing orders against the developers of the $133 million Babylon Apartments in the north-west Sydney suburb of Rouse Hill, in a dispute over a builder's payment debt.

A HWL Ebsworth major projects partner has been fined $10,000 for unsatisfactory professional conduct after sending angry text messages to a builder over work on his home, including one message that threatened to "bite" him.

Cor Cordis has lost its bid to strike out claims by the former chair of the insolvency firm that it "confected" reductions in work in progress to avoid paying his full retirement entitlements.

The Full Federal Court has shot down billionaire Clive Palmer's bid to revive misconduct claims against former ASIC chair James Shipton, calling his case "little more than houses of cards".

An appeals court has ordered Colliers to pay a former director more than $110,000 for serving as agent on a lease at the Westfield in Sydney's CBD, which he did not receive after he left the firm in 2016.

Counsel representing a class action on behalf of thousands of Aussie Home Loan customers has told a trial judge brokers "planted seeds" to convince customers they needed to take out worthless mortgage protection insurance.

A class action against cosmetic surgeon Daniel Lanzer, his clinic and a number of his colleagues has won court approval to amend its case two weeks out from trial.

The Retirement Villages Act was unfit for the purpose of protecting both former residents at a Paterson Lakes retirement village and new apartment owners, who appeared to be victims of an "exploitative" scheme by former managers and operators, a court has found.

A class action on behalf of defence force members over alleged defective combat earplugs manufactured by 3M has won its bid for a further six months to serve its case, filed almost two years ago.

A judge has questioned counsel for a class action over public housing in the Northern Territory, grilling the barrister as to why the legal team had no contingency plan following the death of the lead applicant.