A lawsuit by the liquidators of Sargon Capital alleges law firm King & Wood Mallesons ārefused or neglectedā a demand to return over $540,000 in alleged unfair preference payments and should have known the fintech was insolvent when the payments were made.
Accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann has discontinued his case alleging News Corp and journalist Samantha Maiden defamed him with the publication of two articles on the alleged assault of Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins.
The judge overseeing a class action against Qoin cryptocurrency issuer BPS Financial and several related companies has questioned the level of precision required of the pleadings, as the company fights theĀ applicantās bid to amend its case for the fourth time.
Online home improvement platform Hipages has admitted that it likely engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct by failing to disclose contract terms that allowed it to automatically renew subscriptions and charge early termination fees.
A judge has urged the Fair Work Ombudsman to act quickly after it told the court it accidentally undervalued claimed underpayments in a case against the owner of Rebel Sport, the regulatorās first case against a holding company for alleged wrongdoing by its subsidiaries.
A third law firm has launched class actions against Hyundai and Kia, setting the stage for a courtroom battle to determine which team of solicitors can bring cases over alleged defective engines against the Korean car makers.
PricewaterhouseCoopers will put nine partners on leave and ringfence its government work in the wake of a tax policy leak scandal for which the embattled firmās acting chief has issued an apology.
A court has barred a law firm from acting in a partnership dispute because one of its solicitors could be a material witness in the case, finding there was a potential conflict between the duty of loyalty the lawyer owed to his clients and his obligation to be honest with the court.
The University of Sydney has been ordered to reinstate a lecturer the court found was unlawfully dismissed over a slide of a Nazi swastika superimposed on the Israeli flag, but the order is stayed pending the school’s appeal.
A judge has largely granted a bid by port operations provider Engage Marine to obtain copies of restricted documents in the ACCCās case against TasPorts as it mounts its own case against the government-owned body, despite noting that principles of open justice donāt dictate an āopen slatherā approach to documents.