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Western Australian senator Linda Reynolds has filed a lawsuit against the federal government and HWL Ebsworth over a $2.4 million settlement with former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins.

A lawyer has been reprimanded after admitting he copied and pasted the electronic signature of a colleague as a witness to an affidavit filed with the Victorian Supreme Court.

A new leadership team has been appointed to overhaul the Queensland Building and Construction Commission after a report found the agency was not fit for purpose.

While granting yet another extension, a judge has read the riot act to Airservices Australia for its breaches of court orders to file evidence in Brisbane Airport's $690 million case over PFAS chemical use.

A judge has adjourned a creditor's winding up application against Perth-based green hydrogen company Infinite Green Energy, finding the delay could lead to a better outcome for creditors.

A court has ordered builder Kuatro Build to pay concrete subcontractor Elite Formwork more than $500,000 in progress payments for work on a Sydney development, finding no error in an adjudicator's determination.

Cybercrime detectives have arrested a suspect in their probe of a major data breach of the NSW online court system that exposed thousands of sensitive files.

A judge has struck out a circular and confusing group definition in an emissions cheat class action against Mercedes-Benz, but has given the class action the chance to replead.

A barrister who sent rude and intimidating emails to a domestic violence victim has been reprimanded.

Two barristers have been reprimanded for an offensive notice posted in the lifts of a Melbourne chambers, in an incident a judge said showed a "serious lapse" in judgment.