The shareholder leading a class action against failed fund manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments has lost a bid for a split trial it accepted was novel, despite arguing the usual course for trials in securities cases was “misconceived”.
A judge has struck out builder CPB Contractor’s “clearly untenable” claim against Transport for NSW for $63 million in delay costs for work on the Pacific Highway upgrade.
Mastercard has lost its claim for legal professional privilege over communications between its chief financial officer in Singapore and in-house counsel about merchant agreements the ACCC alleges were anti-competitive.
A judge has approved a 33 per cent group costs order in a class action against Sportsbet, saying the relatively high rate was justified by the risks of running the “relatively novel case”, which seeks repayment of gambling losses stemming from allegedly unlawful services.
A court has ordered the de facto director of failed construction company Trinco to pay its liquidator $10 million, finding that the builder had been trading while insolvent since 2018.
Ray White has secured a stay of examinations of its employees, as a creditor of FSM Development investigates claims the real estate agency’s loan agreement with the collapsed Sydney developer was uncommercial.
A construction law firm that is accused of overcharging a developer by $250,000 has lost its bid to stay cost assessment proceedings against it.
A judge has recused himself from hearing a ‘sham contracting’ case against Uber because he previously represented the rideshare giant in four similar matters when he was a barrister.
A judge hearing a dispute over Emerald Resources’ takeover of Bullseye Mining has rejected a bid by Bullseye’s former executive director to enjoin Emerald from retaining lawyers that previously represented her for a period of three weeks in an unrelated dispute.
Noni B owner Mosaic Brands has been hit with a $25 million penalty for breaching consumer laws by failing to delivery 740,000 packages within the time frame specified on its website.