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Appeals court sides with nephew in Binetter family feud over $1M loan
Appeals 2022-09-12 10:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has tossed an appeal in litigation between members of the embattled Binetter family, founders of Nudie Juice, over a $1 million loan given by Holocaust survivor Ida Wolff to her nephew Ronald Binetter.

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COVID-19 eviction moratorium doesn’t apply to lease breach unrelated to rent, court finds
COVID-19 2020-11-03 5:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

Two Sydney-based companies have lost a bid to reinstate their commercial lease, with a judge rejecting submissions that the COVID-19 moratorium on evictions applied to rental agreement breaches that did not relate to rent. In a judgment delivered on October 28, NSW Supreme Court Justice Geoff Lindsay rejected an interlocutory application by First Renewable and…

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Settlement in class action over ‘excessive’ legal fees won’t cover group members
Class Actions 2020-01-07 6:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A settlement has been reached that brings an end to a class action against a Queensland law firm for allegedly charging personal injury clients excessive fees but does not resolve the claims of group members.

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Qld Law Group wants excessive fees class action shut down over applicant’s apparent sale of litigation rights
Class Actions 2019-09-23 1:51 pm By Amelia Birnie

The Queensland law firm at the centre of a class action over legal fees wants the case thrown out as an abuse of process, after it was revealed that the lead plaintiff apparently sold her litigation rights to a litigation funder, whose sole director is married to the solicitor who filed the action.

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Queensland law firm says excessive fees class action ‘costing them a fortune’
Class Actions 2019-06-27 8:14 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge has told the lead plaintiff in a class action over allegedly excessive legal fees to get their ā€œhouse in orderā€, amid complaints by the Queensland compensation law firm at the centre of the dispute that the litigation is ā€œcosting them a fortuneā€.

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