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ANZ will fight to keep a sacked trader from accessing a client file held by HWL Ebsworth, citing privilege over the documents, a court has heard.
After months of uncertainty and a scolding from the judge about "vague" excuses, former Linchpin Capital directors facing proceedings by ASIC and a class of investors have been given assurance that their legal costs will be covered under an insurance policy.
MinterEllison boss Annette Kimmitt has found herself in the middle of an internal furore after she reportedly sent a letter to the law firm's 2,000 plus staff members sympathising with those angered by a senior partner's decision to advise Attorney-General Christian Porter.
Health care giant Healius has lost its application to the High Court to challenge a $60 million win for the Australian Taxation Office.
Certification of pleadings in legal action is not a formality that needs to be "ticked off", and solicitors who put their signature to improperly pleaded cases should face adverse costs, an irritated appeals judge has said.
An opt out notice proposed to be given to group members in an underpayment class action against a unit of labour hire firm Tandem has been criticised by a judge as skewed to details of their exposure to cross-claims by the company.
The Victorian government will argue for summary dismissal of two class actions filed over the bungled COVID-19 hotel quarantine program said to be responsible for the state's second pandemic wave last year.
The High Court has set a date for handing down its keenly anticipated judgment in a case that challenged the winner of a beauty contest of class actions against AMP, a decision expected to offer guidance on how courts should tackle the so-called multiplicity problem.
Attorney-General Christian Porter has identified himself as the federal Cabinet member accused of raping a teenage girl 33 years ago, but says he denies the allegations and will not step down.
Tech giant Apple will not be forced to hand over documents about Australian users to Epic Games ahead of argument on Apple's application to shut down the game maker's competition case, a judge has ruled, likening Epic's imprecise notice to produce to the "cheerful pastime of drift netting".