Honda Australia has been hit with a lawsuit by three former dealers over its decision to abandon a dealership model in Australia, the latest car maker to face litigation by car dealers.
Lloyd’s has won access to letters between Moray & Agnew and an insurer to test its claims that a $3.7 million settlement the law firm agreed to over the sale of apartments at a $105 million South Yarra complex developed by millionaire Harry Stamoulis was excessive and made to protect the firm’s reputation.
Viterra has lost its battle to maintain freezing orders against two Australian business as it seeks to enforce an $18.7 million arbitration award against a related but separate Chinese company.
A Lloyd’s syndicate has hit back at a lawsuit by Moray & Agnew, saying it did not have to cover part of a $3.7 million settlement between the law firm and a Melbourne property developer because the amount agreed to was “excessive”.
Lloyd’s has scored a win in a COVID-19 business interruption case, with a judge ruling the insurer can rely on a conformity clause in its insurance contract with a Snap Fitness franchisee to deny coverage.
Billionaire Clive Palmer has been hit with indemnity costs over a discontinued lawsuit brought against aircraft mechanics over the repair of his $2 million private jet.
The High Court has ruled that the ādirect and far-reaching ramificationsā of a contract between the federal government and Tasmaniaās two major airports justifies an order for declaratory relief sought by local councils about the obligation of the airports’ operators to pay rates.
An appeal by billionaire Clive Palmer and his mining company Mineralogy has succeeded in reinstating parts of their defence attacking the state of mind of Hong Kong-based conglomerate CITIC in allegedly applying commercial pressure over the $5.8 billion Sino Iron project in Western Australia.
HWL Ebsworth’s clients suffered a staggering $130 million loss when the law firm’s solicitors failed to notice āobvious red flagsā in a joint venture contract for an ambitious Sydney-based land development, a court has heard.
Nando’s Australia has been criticised for claiming that its costs in a dispute against a single franchisee could reach close to $2 million, with an associate judge saying the bill could kickstart a precedent that leads to “the end of litigation as we know it”.