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Solicitors ordered to look for missing phone of deceased class action lawyer
A judge has directed solicitors for deceased lawyer and funder Mark Elliott to search for his missing mobile phone, which is wanted for potential evidence by a court-appointed contradictor investigating alleged professional misconduct on the part of the legal team behind a settled class action against failed Banksia Securities.
‘Serious questions’ raised over conduct of lawyers, funder behind Banksia class action, judge says
A judge overseeing a settled class action against failed Banksia Securities has rejected an application to limit a contradictor's investigation of alleged professional misconduct on the part of the legal team and funder behind the case, saying he was satisfied there was a proper basis for the allegations.
Viva Energy can’t block arbitration in oil tanker dispute, judge says
A judge has sent a dispute between oil giant Viva Energy and a Panama-based oil transporter over petroleum allegedly contaminated during transport into arbitration.