Builder Icon has taken insurers Chubb and Mitsui Sumimoto to court, arguing it is entitled to claim $21 million for the costs of rectifying Sydney’s Opal Tower development.
The shareholder leading a class action against failed fund manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments has lost a bid for a split trial it accepted was novel, despite arguing the usual course for trials in securities cases was “misconceived”.
Uber wants the High Court to weigh in on its dispute with the NSW State Revenue Office over five years of payroll tax, after an appeals court found payments made to drivers were taxable.
Mirvac has entered into a joint venture with Japanese developer Mitsubishi Estate to deliver a mixed-use precinct in Sydney’s Darling Harbour, estimated to have an end value of over $2 billion.
Mastercard has lost its claim for legal professional privilege over communications between its chief financial officer in Singapore and in-house counsel about merchant agreements the ACCC alleges were anti-competitive.
A Federal Court judge has predicted class action defendants will start arguing law firms cannot cooperate in running class actions, after a different judge hearing a case against Google recently remarked that such arrangements could be anti-competitive.
A class actions expert has found there has been a spike in contingency fee rates in Victoria over the last two years, expressing concerns that the regime enacted in 2020 may be going in a different way than intended.
Ray White has secured a stay of examinations of its employees, as a creditor of FSM Development investigates claims the real estate agency’s loan agreement with the collapsed Sydney developer was uncommercial.
Former senator Linda Reynolds has won $315,000 in damages in her defamation case against ex-staffer Brittany Higgins over social media posts that allegedly implied she mishandled rape allegations against Bruce Lehrmann.
Insurers Bond & Credit Company and Tokio Marine can’t eyeball advice given by Ashurst to lender White Oak in a dispute over the collapse of supply chain finance company Greensill.