Most Recent
New judge vows to not be ‘cranky’, looks forward to bench-eye view of the Bar
Courts 2024-01-30 11:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The latest judge to join the NSW Supreme Court has expressed a desire to foster a serious but collegiate environment for advocates and has remarked on the rising importance of legal directories for barristers. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Class action filed over Victoria’s public housing demolition plan
Class Actions 2024-01-25 4:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Victorian government faces a class action over its decision to redevelop Melbourne’s high-rise public housing towers, with lawyers for residents calling on the state to reconsider the plan.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Mills Oakley hit with negligence suit by former client
Professional Negligence 2024-01-24 1:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former client has sued Mills Oakley and a Victorian law firm alleging they were negligent while advising on a property transaction with his parents that did not go through. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

The Agency Group loses trade mark fight with real estate rival
Intellectual Property 2024-01-24 3:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Sydney real estate group The Agency has lost an appeal in its trade mark case against a rival, with the Full Federal Court upholding a finding that the company would have an “unwarranted monopoly” if other businesses were barred from using the descriptive words in its name.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Thiess dodges lawsuit over $54M contract for Wheatstone natural gas project
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-01-23 2:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Thiess has defeated a lawsuit by a rock supplier seeking $9.3 million in damages for alleged delays by the mining services giant in receiving materials for work on Chevron’s Wheatstone natural gas hub. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Victorian court hackers accessed more hearings than first thought
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-01-19 1:24 pm By Sam Matthews

Hackers behind a cyberattack on Victoria’s court system may have accessed recordings of hearings stretching back to 2016, Court Services Victoria has said. On January 2, CSV CEO Louise Anderson notified the public that hackers had breached a network with video and audio recordings of courts across Victoria, saying recordings of hearings that took place…

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

In white spot disease class action, government points finger at importers
Class Actions 2024-01-18 5:12 pm By Sam Matthews

The federal government has hit back at a class action over an outbreak of white spot disease in South-East Queensland that decimated the commercial prawn industry, pointing the finger at several importers and saying farmers failed to mitigate their own losses.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Ventia can’t recoup $5.6M from Western Power in bushfire class action
Class Actions 2024-01-16 4:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Subcontractor Ventia Utility Services had lost its bid to recover $5.6 million in alleged overpayments to class action group members from co-defendant Western Power, after its liability was reduced on appeal in a representative proceeding over the 2014 Perth Hills bushfire.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

‘You’re being very dramatic’: Judge hears of vaccine developer’s ‘life and death’ fight with uni
Employment 2024-01-16 11:06 pm By Sam Matthews

A court fight has broken out between a vaccine developer and South Australia’s Flinders University over the supply of mice and access to a lab at the college, with the professor’s lawyer declaring the battle “literally a matter of life and death”.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?

Atomos can pursue case against US-based ex-CEO over relocation costs
Employment 2024-01-12 11:49 pm By Sam Matthews

Atomos’ former US-based CEO — who was fired after she failed to relocate to Melbourne — has lost her fight to stay the video technology company’s lawsuit, with a judge finding the dispute over a bridging loan for the international move should be decided under Australian law.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?

Lost your password?