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‘This is not a computer game’: Thomson Geer rails against remote witnesses in negligence case
Professional Negligence 2022-05-26 3:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has allowed three witnesses for HK Realway to give evidence by video link at an upcoming negligence trial against Thomson Geer, over protests from the firm, which said it would be inherently unfair.

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Dover Financial, ex-director mull lawsuit against ASIC
Financial Services 2022-05-26 9:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Defunct financial advisory firm Dover Financial and its former director have taken ASIC to court seeking discovery as they mull a potential lawsuit against the corporate regulator.

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‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick sued for $500,000 over mining tenements
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-05-26 5:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Mining company Moina Gold has sued Joseph ‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick for $500,000 it says it is owed over an alleged botched contract to explore three mineral tenements in Tasmania.

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ASIC cancels licence of Mayfair-linked Quattro Capital
Financial Services 2022-05-26 1:40 pm By Sam Matthews

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the Australian financial services license of Quattro Capital, which counted two Mayfair 101 entities among its corporate authorised representatives.

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Twigg family sues Pitcher Partners for $127M
Financial Services 2022-05-25 6:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Twigg family has hit accounting firm Pitcher Partners with a lawsuit claiming it helped Max Twigg, race car driver and former owner of the Byron Bay Hotel, misappropriate $127.8 million in family trust money for himself.

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MIS regime ‘just cannot work’ for class action funding arrangements, court told
Class Actions 2022-05-25 10:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

A litigation funder challenging a decision underpinning recently enacted rules that require class actions to be registered as managed investment schemes told an appeals court Wednesday the decision was plainly wrong and the regime unworkable.

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Former Noumi GC drops unfair dismissal lawsuit
Employment 2022-05-25 1:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former secretary and general counsel for Noumi, formerly known as Freedom Foods, has dropped her unfair dismissal lawsuit after the maker of the popular Vitalife and MilkLab products tossed claims accusing her of serious misconduct. 

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‘Chickens coming home to roost’: NSW faces multiplying claims by junior doctors
Employment 2022-05-25 3:53 pm By Sam Matthews

The New South Wales government has pushed to consolidate a class action accusing it of failing to pay overtime hours to junior doctors with multiplying industrial actions filed by Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation.

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Wotton + Kearney opens Adelaide office, nabs Sparke Helmore special counsel
Insurance 2022-05-25 10:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insurance law firm Wotton + Kearney has opened its seventh office across Australia and New Zealand, expanding into Adelaide to meet local client demand and allow lawyers to work from their home town after the pandemic. 

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Victoria’s triple-zero operator faces class action investigation
Class Actions 2022-05-24 10:30 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Victoria’s Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority may be hit with a class action over alleged systemic failures in its ambulance call handling operations that may have led to at least 15 deaths.

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