A Sleeping Duck shareholder has been ordered to pay the company’s costs on an indemnity basis in its failed oppression suit, with a judge finding that its decisions to reject Sleeping Duck’s buy-out offers of roughly $4 million were unreasonable.
Shareholders in Whitehaven Coal who helped inject $150 million of capital during a 2012 merger are “trapped” after the ASX-listed coal producer failed to abide by its side of the deal, a class action funded by mining investor Nathan Tinkler has alleged on the first day of trial.
The judge overseeing an $100 million class action against NAB over the collapse of Walton Construction has rejected the bankās bid for soft class closure ahead of mediation.
The Pakistani government’s opposition to India’s attempt to register a composite ‘Basmati’ trade mark will go on despite filing delays, with a delegate finding it was in the public interest to allow the opposition.
A former employee of internet service provider Broadband Solutions has been slapped with an injunction restraining his use of company materials and engagement with competitors, with a judge finding it is likely he breached confidentiality clauses.
Citing the significant time and costs invested in the litigation, the applicant in the second filed class action over the collapse of Quintis wants his half of a $4.37 million settlement with the sandalwood producer to fund ongoing costs in what remains of the case.
A full bench of the Fair Work Commission has found that a party may be granted leave to be represented by both a paid agent and a lawyer, rejecting an appeal by the CFMEU in a dispute with BMD Group.
CBA-backed climate venture capital firm Wollemi says that Tesla CEO Robyn Denholm did not use āWollemiā and āWollemi Capitalā as trade marks āat any point in timeā, as it seeks to defeat Denholmās appeal of a decision which rejected her family officeās opposition to registration of the marks.
The Kingdom of Spain must pay $56,000 in security to bring its challenge in a long-running dispute over whether it must pay a $200 million arbitral award to two renewable energy investors.Ā
Hyundai and Kia have been ordered to produce further documents to allow a class action to investigate the nature and extent of alleged engine defects, with a judge rejecting the car makersā bid to produce only a sample set of documents.