Law Firms

A judge has disregarded submissions made by a class action solicitor appearing to critique the court's exercise of its procedural powers, “affronted” that the submissions seemed to suggest that she needed to be “educated”.

A judge has disregarded submissions by a class action solicitor appearing to critique the court's exercise of its procedural powers, “affronted” that the lawyer seemed to suggest she needed to be “educated”.

Developer Holdmark has won an appeal of a council's refusal to allow a site at Macquarie Park in Sydney to be subdivided, paving the way for the development of a new Macquarie Technology data centre.

Developer Garrard Building has succeeded in appealing a regional council's rejection of its plans for a $53 million development in Yamba in the NSW Northern Rivers region due to flood concerns. 

The WA Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a defamation case after the plaintiff failed to issue a concerns noting before bringing proceedings, resolving a novel question about the application of NSW law in the state.

Israel-based Smart Trike is seeking to withdraw its admission that it supplied noncompliant convertible strollers to the Australian market in a fight with distributor Target over a recall of the products. 

Woolworths says it wants more information about an executive's lawsuit alleging she faced excessive workloads and discrimination after she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer.

A judge has fined Queensland mining equipment company Qteq $5 million and chair Simon Ashton a record $1 million for attempting to engage in cartel conduct.

The first stage of the Westlink Industrial estate in Sydney has been approved, after ESR Developments successfully challenged Penrith City Council's refusal of the plan.

A new class action has been launched on behalf of over 10,000 Chevrolet Silverado owners, following a global recall of the utes by General Motors.