Barristers

A Victorian construction company is fighting a bid by a creditor it says should not be allowed to “come out of the woodwork” and take over the winding up application of a company that has since been deregistered.

A Federal Court judge has grilled a lawyer representing an investor that is suing the developers of a Melbourne apartment block over his client's failure to file evidence for 18 months.

GM can't strike out a class action over alleged faulty transmissions in Holden cars, with a judge saying the case doesn't need to identify the “precise mechanical, metallurgical or engineering explanation” for alleged defects.

A long-running class action against the Murray Darling Basin Authority over alleged negligent water management, including the failure to consider the impacts of climate change, will head to trial next month, just weeks after the court issues judgment in another closely watched climate class action. 

Builder Acciona and consultant AECOM have been named as defendants in a class action on behalf of families of victims of a bus accident in Hunter Valley, NSW, facing allegations they were responsible for the construction and certification of the interchange where it occurred. 

Environmental group Doctors for the Environment has slammed Woodside claim that its $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project will have a “de minimus” environmental impact and argues the company's plan does not allow the regulator to assess its real impact. 

A private equity fund is challenging a ruling that it acted in an “oppressive” and “unfairly prejudicial” way towards its managing director, who a judge found was invalidly sacked for standing in the way of a deal with her business partner’s son. 

The prospective developer of the Hyde Park Inn in Sydney has dropped its appeal of a decision which disallowed it from delaying a $95 million payment to the NSW Returned Service League.

Two former employees of financial services firm Monarch Advisory have appealed a ruling that awarded their former employer $270,000 in damages after they were found to have breached a non-compete agreement.

Payday lenders BSF Solutions and Cigno have lost an appeal in action by ASIC alleging they engaged in unlicensed credit activity and charged prohibited fees, in the case's second run up to the Full Federal Court.