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Qantas hit with $72M suit over cuts to catering services during COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 2022-03-22 10:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An Emirates-owned provider of in-flight catering services has taken Qantas to court claiming it’s owed $72.5 million after the airline cut its services during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Qantas ordered to pay Perth Airport $9.5M in terminal fee dispute
Aviation 2022-03-04 11:58 am By Miklos Bolza

Qantas has been ordered to pay $9.5 million in unpaid fees after the Western Australia Supreme Court resolved a dispute over the “fair and reasonable” amount owed for terminal services provided for the airline’s domestic and international flights.

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GetSwift says stock price drop didn’t prove ‘materiality’ of ASX statements
Securities 2022-02-24 10:22 pm By Sam Matthews

Logistics company GetSwift will argue on appeal that a judge who found the company took a “PR-driven approach” to ASX statements was wrong in his assessment of whether those statements contained material omissions.

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ACCC weighs ‘mix and match’ sell-off in Cargotec, Konecranes merger
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-02-24 11:06 pm By Sam Matthews

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is weighing court enforceable undertakings proposed by Finnish cargo handling companies Cargotec and Konecranes to alleviate concerns their merger would be anticompetitive.

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Leading M&A lawyer elected chair of MinterEllison
Business of Law 2022-02-24 9:46 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Australia’s largest law firm MinterEllison has announced the election of leading mergers and acquisitions and government practice lawyer Andrew Rentoul to the position of chairman.

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GetSwift appeals judgment scathing of ‘PR-driven’ approach to disclosures
Securities 2022-02-22 10:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Logistics company GetSwift and its directors are appealing a win for ASIC in the regulator’s case that alleged they breached their continuous disclosure obligations and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in the release of 22 ASX announcements.

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ACCC faces tough questions in appeal of NSW Ports competition case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-02-17 2:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

An appeals court grilled counsel for the ACCC on the first day of a hearing challenging the dismissal of its case over a NSW government deal to privatise two ports, calling on the lawyer to spell out how the state was alleged to be in competition with the consortium that took over the ports.

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GetSwift class action settlement at risk as financial position in doubt
Class Actions 2022-02-14 10:20 am By Christine Caulfield

A settlement agreement in a shareholder class action against GetSwift may be scrapped as the applicant seeks more information as to whether the logistics company is solvent or about to go under.

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MinterEllison lures infrastructure partner from Reed Smith
Transportation & Infrastructure 2022-02-14 2:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

MinterEllison has appointed former Reed Smith partner Simon Harvey to join its infrastructure, construction and property practice.

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Uber loses bad faith case, can’t block medical app’s ‘Uberdoc’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2022-02-02 9:59 pm By Sam Matthews

Rideshare giant Uber has lost its bid to prevent a Queensland-based healthcare app from registering its ‘Uberdoc’ trademark despite a “high degree of similarity” to a suite of Uber trade marks.

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