Most Recent
Investment manager pleads guilty to insider trading of Platinum shares
White Collar 2025-08-12 11:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sydney investment manager Rodney Forrest has pleaded guilty to two counts of insider trading in relation to the trading of $2.6 million in shares of funds manager Platinum Asset Management while in position of inside information about a takeover offer.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
Elanor Funds hits back at Lederer claims in $284M takeover bid
Construction 2025-08-13 11:42 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Commercial property fund Elanor Funds Management has hit back at “factually incorrect” claims made by Lederer Group as part of a $285 million takeover bid.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
Speed of court over VCAT no reason to bypass tribunal in building spat, judge says
Construction 2025-08-13 11:00 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A court has ordered a stay of proceedings in a Melbourne property dispute, saying whether it could hear the case “better” than VCAT, as alleged by builder Brocon, was not the point.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Payday lender directors ask High Court to clarify accessorial liability
Appeals 2025-08-12 11:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The directors of payday lenders Cigno and BSF have filed for special leave to appeal a decision that found them liable for unlicensed credit activity, saying the case raises fundamental questions about the scope of accessorial liability.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

High Court to weigh reversal of exemplary damages for youth gassed in NT detention
Appeals 2025-08-12 11:02 pm By Andy Sidler

The High Court has agree to weigh in on whether an appeals court erred in overturning $200,000 in exemplary damages awarded to each of four children gassed at Don Dale detention centre in the Northern Territory. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Rent-to-own business cops $7.4M penalty for breaches of Credit Act
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-12 11:42 pm By Andy Sidler

A rental company providing long-term leases for household items has been slugged with a $7.4 million penalty after a court found its loan agreements did not comply with credit laws. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Murray Darling class action a ‘world away’ from failed climate change case, court told
Trials 2025-08-11 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

On the first day of trial, a court has heard a class action over alleged negligent management of water flowing through the Murray Darling system is a “world away” from a climate change class action that recently failed at trial. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Ex-EY partner accused of promoting tax loss scheme says ATO ‘overreached’
Trials 2025-08-11 11:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former EY partner accused of promoting a tax loss scheme has hit back at the ATO’s case on the first day of trial, saying he gave objective advice and the case is an overreach.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

IVF provider Genea faces class action investigation over data breach
Class Actions 2025-08-11 11:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fertility services provider Genea is facing a class action investigation over a data breach that led to sensitive patient information being published on the dark web.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Construction PRO
HWL Ebsworth loses fight over referees in developer’s $130M negligence case
Professional Negligence 2025-08-12 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm HWL Ebsworth, which was found liable for negligence over advice on a Parramatta land development, has lost its opposition to a referee process for calculating damages.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?