CBA breached disclosure rules but won’t see damages
The Federal Court was unwilling to award Commonwealth Bank shareholders any damages, despite finding on appeal that the major bank breached its continuous disclosure ...
CORPORATE COUNSEL • Thu, 08 May 2025
Strike-off recommended for lawyer who sent false emails to himself
A sole practitioner will be removed from the roll for sending false emails to himself that purported to be sent by another practitioner to keep up the guise he was trying ...
SME LAW • Wed, 07 May 2025
Perth firm fights client for fees after allegedly pulling discount
The director of a West Perth law firm allegedly went back on his promise to discount a $200,000 legal bill when he learnt his client had engaged other solicitors, a court ...
SME LAW • Wed, 07 May 2025
Sex addiction behind $10k theft from client, lawyer claims
A Queensland solicitor who claimed a $10,000 theft from a law firm was partly due to his sex addiction has avoided a strike-off order.
BIG LAW • Tue, 06 May 2025
Client let off the hook for indemnity costs despite ‘serious’ misconduct accusations
A client who levelled serious and unfounded accusations against his former lawyers was hit with a costs order, but a court also found a request for this to be made on an ...
BIG LAW • Tue, 06 May 2025
Criminal lawyer accused of financial breaches receives penalty privilege
A criminal lawyer accused of breaching anti-money laundering legislation across dozens of cash transactions has convinced a tribunal to allow him to rely on penalty ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 05 May 2025
Solicitor alleges she was fired after maternity leave discussion
A former boutique law firm employee has alleged she was terminated because she was pregnant and had asked about maternity leave.
BIG LAW • Mon, 05 May 2025
Lead plaintiff asks for $110k for strip search that was ‘akin to sexual assault’
Lawyers for the NSW strip-search class action told a court the lead plaintiff was entitled to more than $100,000 in damages for being subjected to a search that was “akin ...
BIG LAW • Mon, 05 May 2025
Reporter says sensitive Roberts-Smith material ‘gossip’, not privilege
During tense cross-examination, the reporter who exposed Ben Roberts-Smith’s war crimes said he did not consider the information he received about the former soldier’s ...
BIG LAW • Sun, 04 May 2025
