Judges

Sharvain Façades has won extra time to convene a second creditors' meeting to pursue a $3.28 million win against Roberts Co, but not based on the argument that SOPA says its liquidation would bar enforcement of the judgment.

With three months until trial, a judge has knocked back a former ANZ trader’s bid to appeal a decision which barred him from amending his case for what would have been the thirteenth time.

A judge has held off on orders requiring Maurice Blackburn to turn over financial information to Sportsbet in a class action over unlawful in-play betting, saying the parties should first confer on the issue of security for costs.

A judge has temporarily excused uranium miner Paladin Energy from providing initial discovery in a shareholder class action, as the parties wait for a competing class action to be filed. 

The funder of a failed class action against the founder of sandalwood producer Quintis and EY and has been hit with costs, despite arguing the order would set a bad precedent. 

The ATO has won its challenge to a finding that it waived privilege over draft expert reports in an email referring to its contents, with a court saying disclosure of the substance of information is not per se inconsistent with maintaining privilege.

A judge has questioned whether he should decide a tax dispute that will impact how much damages a former HWL Ebsworth client will get in a nine year-old negligence case over a property development.

Monash IVF has won an injunction against its former chief operating officer, who departed after the fertility company's embryo mix-up came to light, that limits his participation in his new employer's Australian operations.

A judge has raised concerns that if he grants orders sought by the administrators of collapsed builder Sharvain Facades to delay a creditors meeting, it will prioritise the interests of its creditors over those of Roberts Co.

Green iron start-up Element Zero has said it will fight Fortescue’s bid to access nearly nine million documents collected under a controversial search order in the mining giant’s case alleging former employees misappropriated its process for carbon dioxide-free iron.