A newly appointed judge has disqualified himself from hearing a group of cases over Greensill’s $1.7 billion collapse, after he acted as counsel for insurer Marsh in a related dispute.
Greensill has a “clear case” for recusal of a judge poised to hear cases over its $1.7 billion collapse, who previously acted as senior counsel for insurer Marsh in a satellite dispute.
Trial in a class action against Suncorp unit AAI over add-on insurance has been delayed as Maurice Blackburn works to secure a NAB bank guarantee to satisfy a $1.7 million security for costs order.
The Full Court has found insurer Allianz is not liable to indemnify the Uniting Church for historic claims of sexual abuse at exclusive Sydney boys’ private school Knox Grammar.
Defunct Greensill Group has filed a bid to disqualify a recently appointed Federal Court judge from hearing a case over its $1.7 billion collapse.
The High Court has declined to hear an appeal by insurers over coverage for the class action defence costs of Opal Tower’s consultant engineer.
Law firm Colin Biggers & Paisley has appointed a former Lander & Rogers consultant to lead its property insurance team.
AAI has lost its bid to appeal an order joining it to a class action over alleged combustible cladding installed at two high-rise towers in Liverpool, NSW.
Commercial property firm DTZ Worldwide has lost its bid for $243 million in damages related to its acquisition of United Group from UGL Limited over United’s alleged failure to disclose that a key contract was “loss-making”.
The competition regulator is seeking views on whether IAG’s bid to acquire a 90 per cent stake in RACQ’s insurance underwriting business for $855 million could saddle consumers with higher prices.