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Strongroom AI director claims self-incrimination privilege in EVP case
A director of med tech start-up Strongroom AI is claiming privilege against self-incrimination in a case by venture capital firm EVP seeking to recoup its $10.4 million investment.
EVP drags share sale parties into case against Strongroom AI
Venture capital firm EVP has added 20 parties to a lawsuit seeking to recoup its $10.4 million investment in Strongroom AI, as a judge extended freezing orders against directors of the med-tech start-up.
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Owners of lux waterfront Northbridge home can’t dodge invoices by builder
The owners of a luxury property in Sydney's Northbridge owe the home's high-end builder payment of oustanding invoices, after a judge rejected as "absurd" the couple's construction of a special condition in their contract.
StrongRoom AI unit warns creditors to sort out freezing orders fast
A unit of collapsed start-up StrongRoom AI has warned creditors of its parent company that recent freezing orders need to be tweaked to allow it to continue trading, or there may be little money left to argue over. 
Muffin-eating lawyer can’t set aside Lawcover’s bankruptcy notice
Two Sydney lawyers have lost an application to set aside bankruptcy notices filed by their insurer claiming over $300,000 in legal costs, after a judge rejected their arguments about an “overarching conspiracy” in the case.
Epoch Capital accuses analyst of taking confidential info
Trading firm Epoch Capital has brought proceedings against a quantitative analyst who allegedly downloaded confidential information from the firm’s computers.
William Inglis & Son waived privilege over Norton Rose Fulbright emails in land spat
Australia’s oldest thoroughbred auctioneer William Inglis & Son waived legal professional privilege over advice from its solicitor Norton Rose Fulbright over contamination of land it bought in 2009, a judge has found.
Sparke Helmore had paralegal ‘at the helm’ of botched land sale, court told
Law firm Sparke Helmore negligently failed to alert a NSW developer to an imminent deadline for two land sale contracts in a troubled $30 million development because a paralegal, rather than a solicitor, was “at the helm”, an appeals court has heard.
Sparke Helmore should face higher damages bill for negligence, developer says
A NSW developer says law firm Sparke Helmore should face a heftier damages bill for its negligence in failing to alert it to an imminent deadline in two land sale contracts worth a combined $1.5 million that were part of a troubled $30 million development.
Sparke Helmore ordered to pay $285K in negligence lawsuit
Sparke Helmore will have to pay $285,598 in damages for its negligence in advising a New South Wales property developer, but a judge found the law firm should not be on the hook for costs because the lawsuit was filed in the wrong court.