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‘Deliberate defiance’: Lawyer who practiced after certificate nixed struck from roll
Business of Law 2024-11-04 11:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Western Australian solicitor has been struck from the roll after he continued to practice under a cancelled licence following mismanagement of trust funds and a failure to lodge tax returns. 

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Judge balks at $10M registration bill in stolen wages class action
Class Actions 2024-10-29 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing a $180.4 million settlement in a stolen wages class action has railed against Shine Lawyers’ $10 million bill for the costs of registration, saying “something has gone seriously wrong”.

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Lawyer found to have misled court should be struck from roll: tribunal
Business of Law 2024-10-15 11:03 pm By Andy Sidler

A solicitor who was found to have made misleading statements to the court, a judge’s associate and another lawyer should be struck from the roll, a tribunal has found.

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Mills Oakley welcomes three new partners
Business of Law 2024-10-01 2:34 pm By Sam Matthews

Mills Oakley has lured three partners from rival firms to join its offices in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide. 

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Class action filed over ‘substandard’ public housing in WA
Class Actions 2024-08-22 7:52 am By Christine Caulfield

A class action has been launched seeking “housing justice” for Aboriginal tenants living in alleged substandard public housing in Western Australia.

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High Court upholds court’s power to set aside arbitration ruling in $130M spat with Chevron
High Court 2024-08-14 10:42 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has rejected an appeal from a joint venture that provided work on Chevron’s Gorgon liquified natural gas project that argued the Western Australia appeals court lacked power to uphold a ruling that set aside an arbitration ruling in a $130 million dispute over the project.

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Acciona must deliver bank guarantees for $511M waste-to-energy plant
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-14 1:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ruled that Acciona must deliver $38.6 million in bank guarantees to the entity in charge of a $511 million waste-to-energy plant in Western Australia, despite allegations of insolvency levelled by the Spanish infrastructure giant.

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HWL Ebsworth must produce correspondence over Brittany Higgins’ claims
Defamation 2024-08-09 11:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Linda Reynolds has won her bid to subpoena HWL Ebsworth for correspondence with the Commonwealth prior to its $2.4 million settlement Brittany Higgins, as the senator contests Higgins’ characterisation of her decision to refer the settlement to the corruption watchdog as harassment.

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Linda Reynolds wants to subpoena HWL Ebsworth chief executive partner
Defamation 2024-08-08 1:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Senator Linda Reynolds has asked the court for leave to issue a subpoena to HWL Ebsworth’s chief executive partner for correspondence leading up to the Commonwealth’s $2.4 million settlement with Brittany Higgins over the government’s handling of her rape allegations. 

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Lehrmann’s barrister told Reynolds sharing trial transcript ‘wasn’t appropriate’, court hears
Defamation 2024-08-07 2:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Senator Linda Reynolds has testified that counsel for accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann told her it “wasn’t appropriate” to share the transcript from criminal proceedings against his client, which Reynolds sought to aid in her defence of civil claims by Brittany Higgins.

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