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Dentons adds HSF competition heavyweight to Sydney office
Arbitration 2021-04-22 1:24 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Global legal giant Dentons has snagged a Herbert Smith Freehills competition partner with almost 30 years experience at the big six firm for its Sydney office.

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‘Just tell us what we did wrong’: KPMG to get more details in Arrium class action
Accounting 2021-04-21 10:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered the applicant in a shareholder class action against former Arrium directors and KPMG over allegedly misleading statements made ahead of Arrium’s $754 million capital raising in 2014 to explain how the amount by which the mining company’s assets were allegedly overvalued was calculated.

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Class action investigation underway over Service NSW data breach
Centennial Lawyers 2021-04-21 10:19 pm By Christine Caulfield

The law firm behind Australia’s first privacy class action is investigating a class action over the Service NSW data breach that exposed the personal and health information of over 100,000 people.

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Childcare worker sacked for refusing flu shot not unfairly dismissed, FWC says
Employment 2021-04-21 7:22 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Fair Work Commission has found a childcare worker’s dismissal from a Goodstart Early Learning centre for refusing to take a mandatory influenza vaccine was not harsh, unjust or unreasonable.

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DLA Piper picks up IP partner from MinterEllison
DLA Piper 2021-04-21 7:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

DLA Piper has snagged a leading technology partner from rival MinterEllison to join its intellectual property and technology practice.

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Arnott’s asks court to nuke Goodman Fielder’s ‘Plantry’ frozen foods trade mark
David Larish 2021-04-21 3:46 pm By Miklos Bolza

Food giants Arnott’s and Campbells have hit back in an infringement case over their ‘Plantly’ trade mark, filing a cross-claim that seeks to cancel rival Goodman Fielder’s ‘Plantry’ mark.

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Creditors of LGL Commodities may have case against lawyers, judge says
Agriculture 2021-04-21 3:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

Creditors of LGL Commodities might have a right of action against solicitors for the company’s liquidators for failing to comply with court orders and omitting evidence in a case against a former director, a judge has ruled.

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Settlement reached in former real estate partner’s feud with Piper Alderman
Article 2021-04-21 1:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Piper Alderman has settled a dispute with a former partner who claimed the law firm discriminated against her when she was ousted from the partnership.

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Car dealers slap General Motors with class action for retiring Holden brand
ACCC 2021-04-21 1:05 pm By Miklos Bolza

A group of car dealers has hit a unit of car giant General Motors with a class action for allegedly breaching its contract by retiring the Holden brand in Australia last year.

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Lawyer wins costs despite rejecting $120,000 settlement offer in defamation case
Ashurst 2021-04-21 11:24 am By Miklos Bolza

News Corp and journalist Annette Sharp will have to pay the legal costs of Sydney lawyer Christopher Murphy who won a $110,000 judgment in his defamation case against the publisher, despite the lawyer rejecting an $120,000 offer to settle the case.

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