A franchisee’s $6.1 million case against Domino’s Pizza accusing the fast food chain of misleading him about the sales he could expect from his two Surfers Paradise stores has been resolved out of court.
A Queens Counsel and a junior barrister at the Victorian Bar are taking DLA Piper to court, accusing the law firm of failing to pay more than $370,000 in fees.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia has stayed counterclaims by Bianca Rinehart and John Hancock and sent a long-running Rinehart family dispute over control of valuable mining assets such as the Hope Downs iron ore mine into arbitration.
Majority shareholders in MWL Financial have won court approval to bring a derivative suit against US-based Focus Financial Partners over an acquisition gone sour.
The High Court has granted special leave to mortgage aggregator Connective in a dispute between the firm’s founder and major shareholders over a transfer of one-third of the company’s shares, in a case that could clarify whether litigation should be considered a prohibited form of financial assistance under the Corporations Act.
James Packer’s Crown Resorts has won a lawsuit against the NSW government for allegedly failing to protect sweeping views of the Sydney Harbour from its planned luxury casino in the Barangaroo area.
Hastie Group’s liquidators have offered to drop their $124 million case against two dozen major builders if the companies agree to pay an undisclosed sum toward their unpaid bills, a court heard Friday.
Blockbuster has lost another round in its case against a husband and wife franchisee that sold a store’s assets to a competitor, with a court ruling the company could not sock the pair with the costs of its failed appeal.
A judge has found the former director of Sydney-based insolvency practice CRS Warner Kugel is entitled to compensation after he was “ambushed” out of the firm in 2014.
Hair loss treatment company Advangen International has been ordered to fork over $940,000 to advertising agency Ikon Communications after refusing to pay for an ad campaign it claimed was a flop.