The director of a Sydney law firm has lost a bid to challenge a decision of the NSW Legal Services Commissioner, which slapped him with a caution for a failure to act courteously after he told a disgruntled client “don’t expect I’ll put up with crap” in a tense email exchange.
The ACCC has brought proceedings against a national flower retailer for allegedly adapting its websites and google ads to deceive online customers into believing they were a local florist.
Concert promoter Mark Filby has lost his case against former Nine unit TEG Live, alleging that it nabbed his idea when it partnered with Coles to promote a 2013 Australian tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction.
A court will be asked to decide whether the secrecy provisions of NSW gaming legislation prohibits the state’s casino regulator from using material produced to the Bergin Inquiry in its case against Hong Kong-based Melco Resorts seeking to recover the expense of running the Bergin Inquiry.
A former capital partner has called on HWL Ebsworth to produce communications between managing partner Juan Martinez and other members of the management team that allegedly preceded a decision to shut him out of the law firm’s plans to float on the ASX.
Appeals and cross-appeals are flying over a judge’s finding that engineering services firm CIMIC Group can pursue insurance claims for costs arising from allegations it engaged in corrupt practices, including a $32 million class action settlement.
Dentons has welcomed former barrister and NSW Industrial Relations commissioner Jane Seymour to its dispute resolution team in Sydney.
Real estate investment trust NorthWest can amend its pleadings in a lawsuit alleging one of the country’s largest unlisted healthcare property funds conspired to prevent it from acquiring a controlling stake, but has come up short in its bid to add to its claims against property giant Dexus.
Independent member for Sydney Alex Greenwich is preparing to bring a defamation case against One Nation’s NSW leader, Mark Latham, after he published a homophobic post on Twitter last month.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found Channel Nine breached privacy rules in a story on A Current Affair about a violent dispute between neighbours in regional New South Wales that went viral on YouTube.