Crown Melbourne is not presently suitable to hold a casino licence in Victoria, counsel assisting the royal commission into the casino operator said Tuesday.
Thorn Group is the latest lender ensnared in an alleged $400 million fraud by Forum Finance, with potential funds of up to $2.2 million tied up in the collapsed equipment leasing firm.
Consolidation of two consumer class actions against Allianz would do away with competition in a contest to lead a single case that would force a drop in the contingency fee rates of the rival law firms, the insurance giant has told a court.
GetSwift has reached an agreement to settle a shareholder class action accusing the logistics company of misleading statements over contracts, avoiding a trial that was set to begin in two months.
Although she planned a career as a professional flautist, the law is where Gilbert + Tobin’s Natalie Zwar ended up, using her talent and love of music to build a successful practice in cutting-edge intellectual property litigation.
Law firm Macpherson Kelley has lured a highly experienced lawyer from rival firm Piper Alderman to join its group of “straight talking” and award-winning practitioners in Sydney.
Investment banks accused in the criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement will not lose their right to a fair trial with the release of a judgment finding the prosecutors’ indictment deficient, a judge has ruled.
Despite a judge’s urging for the parties to arrive at a “pragmatic solution”, the lawyers behind competing pelvic mesh class actions against Boston Scientific will duke it out for carriage of the proceedings.
The Federal Circuit Court’s decisive response to complaints of inappropriate behaviour by a judge has been roundly applauded by the legal profession as putting the judiciary on notice that courts will not ignore complaints, but the latest scandal shows sexual harassment remains a pervasive problem.
The former boss of defence shipbuilder Austal, who is facing penalty proceedings by ASIC, has told a court the regulator’s case was based on information that fit within a carveout to the ASX listing rules on continuous dislosure to the market.