Most Recent
Construction PRO
$2B Sydney development wins more time to replace combustible cladding
Judgment 2025-01-21 3:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The owners of One Central Park in Sydney have struck a deal with the NSW government for more time to replace its Aluminium Composite Panel cladding, which has been largely banned due to fire risk. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Judge takes red pen to Destec trade secrets case against MinRes employee
Intellectual Property 2025-01-16 11:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has struck out engineering firm Destec’s claim that an ex-director used confidential information in developing an ore transport system for MinRes, but has given it a chance to replead.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

FWC orders halt to Sydney Trains work bans ahead of hearing
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-01-16 2:41 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Fair Work Commission has issued an interim order to suspend industrial action ahead of a hearing in action by the NSW government that aims to shut down the latest work ban.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Lawyer should be struck from roll for threatening texts to witness: VCAT
Legal Ethics 2025-01-16 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

A tribunal has recommended a Melbourne lawyer be removed from the roll, despite his undertaking not to reapply for a practicing certificate, finding he showed no remorse for threatening a witness.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Fashion label Staple & Hue loses trade mark battle with rival MinkPink
Intellectual Property 2025-01-16 11:40 pm By Andy Sidler

A bid by women’s clothing brand Staple & Hue to register its brand name as a trade mark has been successfully challenged by rival label Mink Pink.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Gunns creditor returns to High Court in protracted spat with liquidators
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-01-15 10:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A creditor of defunct forestry giant Gunns Plantations has filed a High Court challenge after it didn’t pay the company a $1.2 million judgment that confirmed the peak indebtedness rule does not apply in insolvency law.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Prominent Sydney barrister reprimanded after harassment finding
Business of Law 2025-01-15 3:51 pm By Sam Matthews

Barrister Charles Waterstreet has been reprimanded and banned from practising for one year after he was found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct for harassing three women.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Virgin loses appeal after axing flight attendant who drank 7.5 hours before shift
Employment 2025-01-15 11:39 pm By Andy Sidler

Virgin Airlines has lost its appeal of a Fair Work Commission ruling that reinstated a flight attendant who was dismissed for drinking a glass of prosecco 7.5 hours before a flight. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Mattel makes winning move in bid to protect ‘Blokus’ trade marks
Intellectual Property 2025-01-15 11:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mattel has mostly won its challenge to a Shanghai-based toy company’s bid to trade mark ‘Blokees’, which the US toy giant argued was deceptively similar to its popular Blokus board game. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Activists drop legal challenge to New Acland coal mine
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-01-15 4:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An environmental group has dropped its court fight over the expansion of the New Acland coal mine in Queensland, saying the case — which went to the High Court — had taken a heavy financial toll.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?