A prominent Melbourne lawyer and his wife have been restrained from acting in a property dispute, after a judge found they misled the court and facilitated a false settlement in favour of their clients.
A class action against Bayer over its allegedly defective Essure contraceptive devices has admonished the drug manufacturerâs bid to shield emails considered privileged in similar US litigation, arguing âthoughts and prayersâ are needed to sustain the claim.
Uber has appealed a ruling that found many of its email exchanges with its lawyers were made in furtherance of offences at the centre of a class action and were not protected by legal professional privilege.
The former director of Mayfairâs failed IPO Wealth Holdings, James Mawhinney, has lost his challenge to a judgeâs decision allowing liquidators to examine him for an eighth day about the transfer of âconsiderable assets and fundsâ from the fund to other entities he controlled.
A judge has denied Uberâs attempts to withhold documents in two lawsuits on the basis of legal professional privilege, finding many of the client-lawyer communications were made in furtherance of various offences by the rideshare giant at the centre of a class action lawsuit.
The liquidators of Mayfairâs failed IPO Wealth Holdings have won their bid to question the fundâs former director, James Mawhinney, for the eighth time over assets that could provide âsignificant potential recoveriesâ for shareholders.
Two former Honda dealers have won a bid for preliminary discovery against Honda Australia to pursue a potential consumer lawsuit over the car maker’s decision earlier this year to abandon a dealership model in Australia.