Johnson Winter Slattery has appointed senior tax specialist Don Spirason, former Vice President of Tax at BHP, as a special counsel based in Melbourne. Spirason joins JWS with more than 20 years’ tax experience, including more than 10 years at BHP and 5 years at Foster’s Group. Beginning his career at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, he…
ASIC has issued an interim stop order barring a Melbourne-based investment broker from opening trading accounts or dealing in contracts for difference or margin foreign exchange contracts to retail investors.
Boutique litigation firm Banton Group has hired Laura Keily and Ryan McCrosson as name partners, as as the firm eyes expansion into the US, UK and Cayman markets.
The ACCC has brought proceedings against a national flower retailer for allegedly adapting its websites and google ads to deceive online customers into believing they were a local florist.
Class action firms and funders will set their sights on claims related to environmental, social and governance investing, says Clayton Utz’s new litigation partner Matthew Spain, but whether the game is worth the candle remains to be seen.
A group of Victorian barristers says the Bar has a responsibility to make a public statement backing the proposed Voice to Parliament, while others have questioned the “propriety” of speaking out, an email to members reveals.
National law firm Meridian Lawyers has nabbed two senior practitioners from McCabes for its insurance group, less than a month after luring 14 lawyers and staff from its competitor.
The Victoria Supreme Court will not appoint a contradictor to weigh in on the reasonableness of a $1.25 million settlement offered by companies associated with the wife of a once prominent silk struck from the roll over the Banksia Securities class action scandal.
The costs billed by Nando’s Australia’s law firm for work on a “straightforward” judgment debtor examination of a franchisee — totalling almost a fifth of the debt — have been slashed, with a court finding the costs manifestly excessive.
Toyota unit Hino has been hit with a second class action alleging it misrepresented the fuel efficiency and emissions performance of certain diesel vehicles for nearly twenty years.