Victoria

A former director of property developer Villawood has argued a judge should disqualify himself from hearing a contempt case after finding he gave false instructions to his Mills Oakley solicitor.

A shareholder class action against Nuix and underwriter Macquarie over the software company's float on the ASX has trimmed its case against the company's former chairman the third week into trial. 

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has lured a long-time Clayton Utz infrastructure partner to the firm's projects, energy and infrastructure practice.

Nuix's former boss Rod Vawdrey was almost ousted in 2019, a trial court heard Thursday, with a shareholder class action pointing to a board paper that referred to the software firm's “toxic, no-trust, fear-based culture”. 

Arrium's former directors and auditor KPMG have lost a challenge to a key report relied on by shareholders in a class action over the collapsed steelmaker that says the company overstated the value of its assets.

Carlisle Homes has lost its bid to have a $3 million fee dispute with Lander & Rogers dealt with by the Costs Court, with a judge finding the court doesn't have jurisdiction over the matter. 

An Australian Super entity is exempt from a $36.2 million tax assessment following the rezoning of a property in Dingley Village, in the first tribunal decision under Victoria's Windafall Gains Tax Act. 

An email from Nuix's former CFO that referred to financial results as “worse than terrible” was an attempt to push the sales team to meet targets, a trial court has heard in a class action alleging misleading market disclosures ahead of the software firm's $1.8 billion IPO. 

A mid-trial amendment bid by shareholders in a class action over Arrium's collapse will delay cross-examination of the company's CEO and former directors, who told a judge Wednesday they should not be required to enter the witness box until the issue is resolved.

A judge has sent a dispute between two companies over a residential development in Melbourne’s outer west to arbitration, finding that a signature binding the developer to the process was not forged.