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Kennedys raids Clyde & Co’s insurance team
Business of Law 2024-06-03 11:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Kennedys has lured a team of 16 from Clyde & Co, including three partners, to bolster its insurance practice group, the latest raid on its rival firm.

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Class action members have broader limitations protection than lead plaintiffs: appeals court
Class Actions 2024-05-09 2:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Group members enjoy broader protection against the running of limitation periods than lead plaintiffs in class actions, an appeals court has said in finding that commercial fishing operators heading a class action against Gladstone Ports could not bring new claims out of time. 

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Insurer not on hook for scrapped NSW music festival during Black Summer bushfires
Insurance 2024-04-29 11:04 pm By Sam Matthews

Insurer Lloyd’s in not on the hook for losses arising from a cancelled 2019 music festival, with a judge finding the Black Summer bushfires did not render cancellation necessary as was required for coverage under the relevant insurance policy.

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Gladstone Ports class action funder, plaintiffs clash over who should run the case
Class Actions 2024-03-28 10:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

The litigation funder and lead plaintiffs in a class action against Queensland-owned Gladstone Ports are in dispute over who should be engaged to act in the long-running case after the solicitor on record left Clyde & Co for a rival law firm.

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Company can’t duck service of $2.5M lawsuit via solicitors, judge says
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-02-16 11:53 pm By Sam Matthews

A Norwegian company can’t dodge service of a $2.5 million lawsuit via its Australian solicitors, failing in its argument that exceptional circumstances are needed to avoid the more lengthy and costly process of serving it in its home country.

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Herbert Smith Freehills chases United Petroleum for costs over failed IPO dispute
Professional Negligence 2024-02-15 3:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Herbert Smith Freehills has filed proceedings against its former client United Petroleum, seeking costs of successfully defending a lawsuit alleging it acted negligently in relation to the company’s failed initial public offering in 2016. 

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Judge says settlement offers should operate as bulwark against costs in class actions
Class Actions 2024-02-09 10:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has held that there could be favourable costs consequences for Carnival if its rejected $15 million settlement offer in the Ruby Princess class action turns out to be more generous than the ultimate damages award, departing from a previous ruling that so-called Calderbank offers do not operate in group proceedings. 

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Ruby Princess class action rejected $15M settlement offer, court told
Class Actions 2024-02-05 4:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Cruise ship operator Carnival PLC has flagged a bid for indemnity costs after the lead applicant in a class action over a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess rejected a $15 million settlement offer.

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In white spot disease class action, government points finger at importers
Class Actions 2024-01-18 5:12 pm By Sam Matthews

The federal government has hit back at a class action over an outbreak of white spot disease in South-East Queensland that decimated the commercial prawn industry, pointing the finger at several importers and saying farmers failed to mitigate their own losses.

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HFW nabs litigation funding ace from Clyde & Co
Business of Law 2024-01-16 3:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

International law firm HFW has lured a team of eight lawyers from Clyde & Co, led by a partner known for his litigation funding practice.

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