Construing an “ambiguous” order from the Full Federal Court, a judge has ordered a fresh trial in a trade secrets case that touched on the permissible scope of law firms’ involvement in drafting expert reports.
Former Dixon Advisory director Paul Ryan will ask the court for a suppression order protecting advice by a Big Six firm, as he defends ASIC’s claim that he failed to consider creditors when executing a deed that affected the company’s ability to recoup a $19 million debt.
The judge hearing a bondholders class action against Virgin Australia has deferred the resolution of the airline’s cross-claim seeking seeking periodic payments from the class action to cover its costs under a contentious indemnity clause.
A judge has blocked ASIC from running a new case seeking penalties against investment group M101 Nominees and founder James Mawhinney on remittal from the Full Court, after the regulator admitted it made errors at its initial trial.
A judge’s appeal of a decision that found he unlawfully imprisoned a man for contempt and was liable for over $300,000 in damages may go straight to the High Court and should be heard before a similar suit by another man jailed by the judge, a court has heard.
A judge has granted wealth manager Ord Minnett’s bid for injunctions preventing a former senior wealth adviser from soliciting its clients.
A judge has dismissed court proceedings brought by the corporate regulator against superannuation trustee Diversa over its alleged failure to oversee a now-banned financial adviser, ruling that the knowledge of downstream entities could not be attributed to Diversa.
Ten wants to stay a sex discrimination claim brought by journalist Tegan George in light of separate personal injury proceedings seeking damages from the broadcaster over PTSD allegedly caused by reporting from the 2019-2020 bushfires.
The High Court has been asked to weigh in on the extent of advocate’s immunity in a dispute between a Sydney solicitor and his former clients, after an appeals court found he couldn’t be sued for negligence for failure to include a breach of contract claim in a building dispute.
Thomson Geer has snagged a Clayton Utz special counsel to bolster its tax practice.