The NSW government and the former developer of a stalled $2 billion Central Barangaroo development project are headed for a discovery showdown in their $270 million stoush, with both sides fighting to protect what they say are privileged communications.
A self-represented litigant locked in a legal battle with the ATO and Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has won an appeal of a decision that set aside nine subpoenas she issued, including one to the Assistant Director of the CDPP, with the appeals court finding that the relevance of the evidence sought was enough to satisfy the application.
Executives of collapsed Bruck Textile Technologies have been committed to stand trial on charges alleging they schemed their way out of making more than $3 million in redundancy payments to their 58 employees.Â
Former premier of NSW Gladys Berejiklian and her ex-boyfriend, former member for Wagga Wagga Daryl Maguire, engaged in “serious corrupt conduct”, ICAC has found.
A judge has rejected TPG-owned Anew Climateâs bid for default judgment against an Australian company that allegedly impersonated a US carbon offset developer in order to unlawfully receive payments under a $1 billion deal, saying âitâs not hardâ to make the application under the correct rule.
A judge has criticised HWL Ebsworthâs discovery efforts and ordered the law firm to try again in the firmâs dispute with a former partner claiming the company cut him out of a proposed ASX float in 2020.Â
As the knives come out in a contest between four law firms battling to run an $80 million class action against Star Entertainment, a court-appointed barrister has named his favourites â one of which has proposed a contingency fee of just 14 per cent.
Mining magnate Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy have lost a bid to amend one of two cases that claim losses totalling $4 billion against CITIC after a judge found the amended claims would be âunfairly generalâ.
An appeals court has held that a Sydney solicitor can’t be sued for negligence for a failure to include a breach of contract claim in a building dispute, saying the lawyer was protected by advocateâs immunity because his decision was âintimately connectedâ with the litigation.
Three firms fighting for carriage of a $80 million class action against Star Entertainment say a group costs order would guard against âcosts blowoutsâ in the case and have urged a judge to ditch a no win, no fee proposal brought by fourth-to-file firm Shine Lawyers.