Former Carlton Football Club president and ex-chief executive of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Luke Sayers, has been sued by his estranged wife for defamation over a lewd social media post that eventually led to his resignation from the football club.
A Queensland hospital has lost its bid for the costs of court proceedings against a former executive, with a judge citing an “unfair and unreasonable” press release it published about the case.
Gold producer Black Cat has won orders for the ASX to produce documents relating to the identity of brokers involved in bids for company shares, with a judge finding it may have claims for market manipulation.
A Sydney developer has filed proceedings against the environment minister after a delegate found its proposal to build two towers in Parramatta would have “clearly unacceptable” impacts on views from Australia’s oldest public building.
A Hong Kong company has won its bid to claw back funds from the family of a deceased debtor who transferred a Sydney property to his wife as part of a purported separation agreement, with a court finding the transaction was intended to defraud creditors.
NSW’s solicitor wellbeing service, SoWell, will now offer couples counselling, with the NSW Law Society acknowledging how the mental health challenges affecting legal professional can impact personal relationships.
The mayor of a Perth local council has been awarded $250,000 in damages for defamation against a constituent who made a series of Facebook posts falsely alleging that he was misusing a public office.
Author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has sent a second concerns notice to South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas over comments he made during a radio interview after her invitation to the Adelaide Writers Week festival was pulled.
The Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation will partner with Spanish infrastructure giant Acciona and Sydney Water to deliver major design upgrades to the state’s water recovery facilities, following recent debris ball incidents at Sydney beaches.
A residential land lease village on the mid-North coast of NSW has sold to Hampshire Property Group for $24.5 million.