Law firm Sparke Helmore negligently failed to alert a NSW developer to an imminent deadline for two land sale contracts in a troubled $30 million development because a paralegal, rather than a solicitor, was āat the helmā, an appeals court has heard.
The High Court has refused Sydney retail personality Con Constantineās bid to challenge a $4.25 million judgment in his favour over the $81.8 million Parklea Markets sale in 2016.
A NSW developer says law firm Sparke Helmore should face a heftier damages bill for its negligence in failing to alert it to an imminent deadline in two land sale contracts worth a combined $1.5 million that were part of a troubled $30 million development.
Sparke Helmore will have to pay $285,598 in damages for its negligence in advising a New South Wales property developer, but a judge found the law firm should not be on the hook for costs because the lawsuit was filed in the wrong court.
The Sparke Helmore partner at the centre of a $1 million professional negligence lawsuit attempted to conceal an āoversight of enormous proportionsā that is said to have lost a property developer two lucrative contracts, a court has heard.
The former director of a central Queensland construction company relied on his Sparke Helmore solicitor to read over contracts for sale for him, a court has heard in a trial over allegations the law firmās negligence led to a loss of more than $1 million.
A judge has granted law firm Sparke Helmore’s bid for additional security in a negligence lawsuit brought by a property developer, but agreed the $215,000 sought by the firm was excessive.
A property developer suing law firm Sparke Helmore in a $1 million negligence suit has resisted a bid for $215,000 in security for costs made weeks ahead of a four-day hearing in the matter, calling the sum “excessive”.
ASIC has agreed to provide Westpac with the transcript of a compulsory examination of one of its traders in court proceedings accusing the bank of insider trading in relation to the $16 billion privatisation of electricity provider Ausgrid.
Sydney retail personality Con Constantine has lost an appeal seeking to bolster a $4.25 million judgment in his favour over the $81.8 million Parklea Markets sale in 2016.