A medical assessment served under the Wrongs Act by a patient of Dr Daniel Lanzer needed to come to the attention of the surgeon himself, not just his solicitors, despite the lawyers being authorised to receive other documents in the case, an appeals court has found.
The lead plaintiffs in a class action over the compulsory acquisition of land for the WestConnex road project will press on with a bid to discontinue the case, telling a judge they have exhausted all options for funding.
Crown Resorts has lost a fight against a proposal by funders for iProsperity Group’s liquidators to put up an after-the-event insurance policy as security for costs in a case that seeks to recover $55 million in gambling losses.
The High Court has revived a class action by small business owners over the interference caused by the construction of the Sydney light rail network.
Engineering consulting firm Jacobs Group has won a stay of proceedings by Brisbane Airport Corporation, after arguing the case was launched in contravention of an arbitration agreement.
All Civil Solutions Group has lost its appeal against a ruling that allowed the Woonona-Bulli RSL Memorial Club to raise a set-off defence against the subcontractor’s claim under the Contractor’s Debt Act.
A court has declined tenant Realside Rundle Square’s bid for a hearing on a preliminary question concerning a term in its lease in proceedings against M3Property and a valuer alleging tenants of Adelaide’s Rundle Mall have been overcharged for rent since 2006.
Its evidence was ruled inadmissible and it briefed new counsel, but that doesn’t entitle the owners corporation of a Sydney apartment building to more details of Max Build’s contract case, a judge has said.
The Fair Work Commission has ordered the reinstatement of an academic who was found to have been unfairly sacked by SAE Institute after touching a female student’s hair.
A class action against Bupa alleging the aged care provider failed to provide promised levels of care to residents can proceed, with a judge finding the case is not “fatally flawed”.