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Lawyer dodges personal costs order over delays in $54M case against Mirvac
Construction 2024-08-01 11:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A law firm partner has avoided personal liability for costs after expert reports were filed late in a dispute with developer Mirvac over alleged defects in a Sydney apartment complex, having walked back an appeal to ā€œcompeting commitmentsā€ that didnā€™t wash in court.Ā 

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Ashurst partner’s appeal flops in Point Piper property spat with ex-judge
Appeals 2020-01-06 2:35 pm By Miklos Bolza

An Ashurst partner that argued a judge was “confused” when he decided to appoint liquidators to his luxury Point Piper home in a dispute with an ex-judge neighbour has lost his challenge to the ruling.

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Ashurst partner slams ruling from ‘confused’ judge in dispute with ex-judge neighbour
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-10-18 9:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

A partner at Big Six firm Ashurst has challenged a NSW Supreme Court decision appointing liquidators to his Point Piper home in a protracted dispute with an ex-judge neighbour, saying the judge was confused and made an order which was an “affront to our system of adversarial justice”.

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Judge dismisses Ashurst partner’s dispute with ex-judge neighbour as ‘bordering on irrational’
Corporate 2019-10-03 9:05 pm By Amelia Birnie

A partner at Big Six firm Ashurst has lost his bid to stop liquidators taking control of his Point Piper home in a long-running dispute with his ex-judge neighbour, after parts of his case were dismissed as ā€œbordering on irrationalā€.

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ā€˜State of warfareā€™: Ashurst partner in legal deadlock with ex-judge neighbour in long-running Point Piper dispute
Corporate 2019-09-27 8:02 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge has urged a partner at Big Six firm Ashurst not to “keep a fight going just because you canā€™t let it go”, after the lawyer tried to challenge a court ruling over a long-running building dispute with his neighbour, a former Family Court judge, in the exclusive Sydney suburb of Point Piper.

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