Judgment

Pitcher Partners has won its bid for a separate hearing on whether the liquidator of collapsed IT company Titan Interactive is entitled to any relief on its claims the accounting firm breached its duty of care in providing tax advice.

Carnival has lost an appeal of a finding in a class action that it was negligent in preventing a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship, but an appeal by the applicant over damages has also failed. 

A judge has ordered the sales proceeds of Western Sydney properties linked to former Dyldam director Sam Fayad to be paid into court, saying there was an arguable case that the sales were intended to defraud creditors.

A judge has signed off on a $9 million penalty against online flight bookings service Webjet for misleading air travelers about prices and bookings.

The Full Court has rejected ASIC's appeal of a ruling that fintech Finder did not need a financial services licence to sell its defunct cryptocurrency product, saying the product did not involve a debt for money. 

Westpac can shield reports prepared by Allens from a class action over money laundering compliance, with a judge finding they were produced predominantly in defence of AUSTRAC action that preceded the case.

A judge has called the conduct of proceedings concerning a service station business “atrocious” and dismissed the claim after it was on foot for six years.

A superintendent on a $25 million Melbourne project had no power to make an adjustment to a payment claim for purported cost overruns that left the builder owing more than the value of its claim, a judge has held.

The body corporates for beachfront blocks on the Gold Coast have failed in their bid to knock back two land valuations by a combined $28 million, with a Land Court member finding oceanfront land fetches a higher premium.

Dyldam Developments' former boss Sam Fayad and his two sons have been ordered to pay over $50 million in a case by the liquidator of a special purpose vehicle claiming company funds were misused.