CourtsLegal AffairsThe tussle over private investment fund Keystone and a former director’s spending habits has taken a twist after it emerged an ASIC court win appears to have been trumped by the company.
ExclusiveNationThe head of Australia’s largest Aboriginal legal service, who stood on his pregnant partner’s stomach and slammed her arm in a door, will step down from his role as four other directors leave.
Will the cognoscenti in the law and elsewhere face the facts about Indigenous Australia or will they continue to pay homage to a bucolic past that never really existed?
ExclusiveLegal AffairsAustralia’s largest super funds are investing millions of dollars in both litigation funders and companies they are targeting in court, amid calls for a crackdown on ‘vulture’ firms reaping huge profits from the government’s ‘light-touch’ to class actions.
CourtsLegal AffairsA court fight involving the Victorian government’s venture capital fund, a medtech start-up and its founder is heating up with Seer Medical’s co-founder being blamed for the company’s ‘severe financial difficulties’.
ExclusivePoliticsScrapping the contingency fee model for class actions would fight the ‘increasing commercialisation’ of class action ‘lawfare’, amid calls for Labor to crack down on litigation funders.
CourtsLegal AffairsA Melbourne property developer allegedly spent $6.8m of investor money on personal expenses including appearances by celebrity sport stars, the corporate watchdog has claimed.
CourtsLegal AffairsThe steel manufacturer is trying to have a multimillion-dollar fine handed down for cartel conduct thrown out on appeal.
LegislationCompaniesNew right-to-disconnect laws come into play from Monday but are employers prepared for when workers just say no?
‘unreasonable criticism’NationNSW Judicial Commission recommended Robert Newlinds, who accused the prosecution office of making ‘lazy’ referrals of baseless rape accusations to court, be stood aside from criminal trials.
LegalMining & EnergyMining entrepreneur Dr Bob Johnson is expected to soon enter a plea in his $38.5m alleged fraud case, which has its origins in secret federal police raids almost a decade ago.
CourtsNationJustice Bromwich also found that ‘sex is changeable’ and non-binary as experts discuss the legal implications of the finding of discrimination against transgender woman Roxanne Tickle.
Legal affairsLegal AffairsMore details have been revealed in the Federal Court about the extraordinary surveillance efforts undertaken by Fortescue to spy on its former executives.
Amul Thapar, on a speaking tour here, is one of America’s most senior judges and, if Trump returns to the White House, the son of Indian immigrants may be destined for the Supreme Court.
Legal affairsLegal AffairsFormer Monash IVF patients who may have destroyed otherwise healthy embryos due to a faulty genetic test have secured a record settlement, as the group’s bottom line was hit by the legal fight.
Social mediaTechnologyThe social media giant has hired a lawyer who is helping Kamala Harris battle Donald Trump for its appeal against a win for Andrew Forrest in his war on scam advertisements.
CourtsLegal AffairsVisy magnate Richard Pratt’s children Anthony, Fiona and Heloise say their half siblings’ legal claim for a slice of the family fortune should not go ahead in their latest court filings.
exclusiveLegal AffairsThe Environmental Defenders Office has sought an extension to hand over documents related to the failed legal attempt to block Santos’ $5.7bn Barossa LNG development.
CourtsLegal AffairsEx-Fortescue executives have heard that spying on their families and their ‘green iron’ start-up was part of a regular court requirement to grant raids.
courtsLegal AffairsThe corporate regulator has secured a second criminal conviction relating to the dishonest conduct of key employees at stockbroker BBY, nine years after it collapsed.
Legal affairsLegal AffairsAndrew Forrest’s Fortescue tried to paint former executives who started a rival business as shady actors in order to persuade a judge to allow the company to raid their homes.
EXCLUSIVELegal AffairsThe Victorian Bar has discussed whether judges, magistrates and lawyers should end the wearing of their robes at religious ceremonies to avoid potential conflicts of interest.
PropertyLegal AffairsHong Kong-based lenders have won a NSW Supreme Court ruling against would-be cattle king Sam Mitchell, finding that he owes about $52m.
CourtsLegal AffairsWorkers brought in to fix a power station battery have described inheriting a total cluster as the company gambled with using ‘the cheapest sh..’, a court has heard.
The real problem with human rights is about drawing boundaries. Sooner or later most rights come into conflict with other rights and someone has to decide which right prevails.
CourtsLegal AffairsThe Federal Court has approved Deloitte’s plan to pay Keystone’s investment management fees to CF Capital, despite a dispute about how the fees are calculated.
RetailRetailAmelia Berczelly can be revealed as the second Super Retail whistleblower, as she claims she informed the board and its external auditor of ‘serious’ corporate governance issues at the company.
ExclusiveLegal AffairsA former head prosecutor has called for an expansion of the drug courts and an overhaul of possession laws as NSW lags behind the country.
RecallLegal AffairsSeer Medical has revealed it will recall one of its key services used to support people at home with epilepsy, after the company’s co-founder launched legal action against it.
RegulationBusinessThe corporate regulator should be able to bank any winnings it gets from its successful litigation, according to experts.