Private equity firm Goldstone has lost its bid to lodge an appeal before damages are determined, after a judge found it invalidly terminated its managing director’s employment for standing in the way of a deal with her business partner’s son.
A Sydney accountant who was jailed in 2019 for perverting the course of justice has lost his latest battle with the tax office, with a judge tossing four taxation appeals by related entities after finding his evidence about over $21 million in wrongly claimed tax deductions was “entirely lacking in credibility”.
A fight over legal professional privilege is looming in a case against HWL Ebsworth and a former partner by investors in projects by property developer Belmore 88.
A judge has rejected a Double Bay property owner’s bid to put Chubb on the hook for any damages a builder may owe for alleged defects.
A former SBS journalist has asked the court to take the red pen to most of a lawsuit alleging she engaged in racial discrimination with several social media posts about Gaza.
A tribunal has recommended that a Sydney lawyer be struck from the roll over a series of COVID-era social media posts, including a Tweet representing that a judge who rejected a challenge to a vaccine mandate condoned murder.
Nicholas Bolton has lost his challenge to Keybridge Capital’s move to remove him from the board of confectionary group Yowie, after he was found to have been validly removed as the CEO of Keybridge in March.
The law firm behind a class action against Origin Energy wants a 35 per cent contingency fee, arguing that a string of defeats in shareholders cases has “accentuated the uncertainty and complexities” of proving loss.
The law firm running a shareholder class action against WiseTech is seeking a group costs order that would give it a 35 per cent cut of any settlement, arguing the relatively high rate was justified by the risks of running the case.
Merivale has largely lost a battle to retain its ‘Est’ trade mark, with IP Australia finding the hospitality giant abandoned the brand when it shuttered its George St, Sydney fine dining eatery in 2019.