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Bombardier must defend multimillion dollar contract spat on WA billionaire’s home turf
Contracts 2020-01-13 10:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Jet builder Bombardier has lost its appeal of a ruling by the Western Australia Supreme Court that it has jurisdiction to hear a multimillion dollar case brought by the company of WA billionaire Tim Roberts over the sale of aircraft to wealthy Australians.

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‘Rambling and non-responsive’: Law firm dodges $6.5M negligence claim
Business of Law 2020-01-13 1:23 pm By Miklos Bolza

A law firm has dodged a $6.5 million negligence claim by a Tasmanian agricultural business over advice supplied about agreements entered into with a division of collapsed forestry giant Gunns Limited, with a judge slamming the company director’s evidence as “rambling and non-responsive”.

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Domino’s faces possible class action by franchisees
Franchises 2020-01-08 9:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A law firm bringing the second of two cases by franchisees against Domino’s Pizza is weighing a possible class action against the fast food giant.

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Thomson Geer faces negligence lawsuit over $120M Melbourne car park deal
Business of Law 2020-01-07 1:19 pm By Miklos Bolza

Law firm Thomson Geer is facing a negligence lawsuit by a commercial property investment firm over advice it gave in relation to a $120 million Melbourne car park acquisition.

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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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Squire Patton Boggs defeats negligence case over $12.5M plant renovation dispute
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-12-09 5:19 pm By Miklos Bolza

Engineering firm GR Engineering Services has lost a negligence lawsuit brought against law firm Squire Patton Boggs seeking damages from an alleged breach of contract relating to the $12.5 million refurbishment of a gold processing plant in Davyhurst, Western Australia.

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Clive Palmer accused of ‘moral obloquy’ in $37.4M class action by timeshare members
Class Actions 2019-12-03 9:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Clive Palmer and associated companies have been accused of unconscionable conduct and “moral obloquy” in a new $37.4 million class action by timeshare members of the billionaire’s now abandoned Palmer Coolum Resort.

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‘We will work on that’: Sexual harassment suit says ex-councillor persisted with advances despite complaint
Employment 2019-11-27 11:23 am By Miklos Bolza

A local businessman and former local council member behind a dramatic change in Victoria’s trading hour laws has been sued for sexual harassment by a former employee who alleges he continued to contact her even after she expressed discomfort with him trying to touch her, allegedly telling her “we will work on that”.

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Wagner family wins $3.7M defamation payout over 60 Minutes report
Defamation 2019-11-22 9:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

A prominent Queensland family has won almost $3.7 million in damages after a court found the Nine Network was “recklessly indifferent” to the truth of a 60 Minutes’ report alleging the collapse of a wall at the family’s quarry was to blame for floods that killed 12 people. 

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Judge joins two Lendlease class actions, wants one law firm to bow out
Class Actions 2019-11-21 10:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has consolidated competing shareholder class actions against builder Lendlease brought by rival plaintiffs law firms, but has rejected the firms’ bid to jointly run the litigation and says one of them must go.

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