An appeals court has rejected a challenge by a woman who said she was given negligent advice by her lawyers about two settlement offers which she rejected, finding that she would not have taken advice to accept the offers in any case.
A judge has ordered Transport for NSW to only pay 65 per cent of the costs of a class action over Sydneyâs $3 billion light rail construction, finding it was not inappropriate to apportion costs even though the plaintiffs were largely successful.
The minority shareholder in Sydney restaurant Machiavelli Ristorante Italiano has lost his bid to review the company books in anticipation of bringing a second winding up application, after the relationship between the restaurant’s co-owners broke down.
A judge has declined a novel bid by the lead applicant in a class action over disruptions stemming from the construction of Sydney’s $3 billion light rail to claim a funderâs 40 per cent commission as damages, rather than as a deduction from group members’ payout.
The lead plaintiff in a class action over Sydneyâs light rail construction, who is seeking a $3 million judgment, has brought a novel bid for the NSW government to pay a funderâs 40 per cent commission as damages, rather than as a deduction from the amount owed to group members.
A law firm that was replaced after feuding with its funder in a successful class action over Sydneyâs light rail construction has lost a bid to keep $1.25 million in security for costs, after claiming it has a right to the money due to unpaid fees.
The law firm on record for a class action over the Sydney Light Rail has been dropped by the lead plaintiffs and replaced by class action boutique Banton Group after the firmsâ relationship broke down while running the case together.Â
A psychiatrist who gave expert evidence in a lawyerâs human rights case against his former employer cannot be sued for negligence because he is protected by witness immunity, a judge has found.Â
Transport for NSW is weighing an appeal after a judge found it was liable to pay damages in a class action brought on behalf of small businesses over interference caused by the construction of Sydney’s $3 billion light rail network.
Closing a class action trial over Sydney’s $3 billion light rail, a lawyer for 3,500 small businesses told a judge Wednesday the NSW government had to show that building the tram network was a âreasonably necessaryâ addition to the city’s transport options.