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Barrister who repped Mawhinney can act against him, but not in settlement talks
A senior barrister who represented Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney in mediation of two cases last year has been allowed to appear against him at a hearing in another dispute against a lender and two McGrathNicol receivers, but the silk won’t participate in settlement talks.
Judge stays Victorian suit over alleged conspiracy to undermine HungryPanda’s EASI acquisition
A judge has stayed an Australian lawsuit filed by food delivery service HungryPanda against competitor Fantuan over the acquisition delivery platform EASI until a related UK lawsuit is resolved, amid a fight for control of the local Asian food delivery market.
Photo of signed contract suffices, judge finds in $7M win for Japan’s Mitsui
A judge has found that a partly obscured photo showing a signature was enough to render a contract enforceable, in a multi-million dollar contract fight between Mitsui & Co and a Victorian steel mill operator.
Employees are priority creditors of insolvent trading trustees, High Court rules
The High Court of Australia has resolved a nearly 40-year old question of whether employees of a failed company established as trustee of a trading trust have priority over ordinary unsecured creditors.
Founder of NewLaw firm guilty of professional misconduct for ‘cavalier approach’
NewLaw pioneer and founder of Bespoke Law, Jeremy Szwider, has been found guilty of professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct after taking on a case he was "uniquely unprepared" to handle.