A lawyer for Forum Finance director Bill Papas has argued the alleged fraudster should be able to shield documents held by his former lawyer under a claim for legal professional privilege despite being a “fugitive” from contempt charges.
An appeals court’s finding that the federal government does not owe a duty of care to Australian kids to protect them from the effects of climate change will stand after the lead applicants declined to take the matter to the High Court.
Coal mining firm TerraCom has taken its bid to shield a PricewaterhouseCoopers report from ASIC to the Full Court, appealing a judgment which found the regulator could view the report because of public statements made by the company.
Advice from non-lawyers and “routed” through a legal practitioner at multidisciplinary partnership PricewaterhouseCoopers cannot be shielded under legal professional privilege, the Federal Court has found.
ASIC did not issue threats to a Sydney security company that was being investigated for links to outlaw bike gangs and defrauding the Commonwealth, according to a judge who found the corporate regulator legally terminated its contracts with the company.
Ashurst has snagged three Norton Rose Fulbright partners to join its corporate and projects team as part of its plan to grow its energy and resources practice in the Asia-Pacific region.
A judge has rejected the Australian Taxation Office’s claim that legal professional privilege does not apply to any communications between PricewaterhouseCoopers and its client, meat processor JBS, but has found that many of the reviewed documents do not satisfy the test of privilege.
The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association has flagged its intent to bring further cases against various McDonald’s franchisees, alongside eleven claims it has brought to date over alleged failures to give workers paid 10-minute breaks.
Counsel for John Barilaro on Tuesday detailed the online abuse his lawyers faced in acting in a defamation suit over videos posted by commentator Jordan Shanks, as the court heard YouTube owner Google has abandoned its last line of defence in the case.
Global law firm Ashurst has snagged a Thomson Geer partner to launch a superannuation practice offering end-to-end legal and consulting solutions for financial services clients in the $3.3 trillion sector.