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The liquidators of collapsed engineering company Hastie Group have lost their bid to appeal a decision that knocked out half its $120 million case against Multiplex, Lendlease and numerous other builders.
The liquidators of failed engineering company Hastie Group have appealed a decision that knocked out half its $120 million case against Multiplex, Lendlease and numerous other builders.
The lead applicant in a franchisee class action against the Hog's Breath Cafe restaurant chain is considering an application to declass the case it brought after losing a challenge to a $1.23 million security for costs order.
Treasury Wine Estates has resolved proceedings against 'wine in a can' maker Barokes alleging the Melbourne-based company's patents are invalid and that it made "unjustified threats" against the Penfolds maker.
A law firm has lost its bid to challenge a court order that it join forces with a competing firm in an investor class action against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY.
Lendlease and other major builders have secured a significant victory in a long-running case brought by the liquidators of failed engineering company Hastie Group, with a judge saying Hastie wasn't entitled to the proceeds of bank guarantees withdrawn by the builders when it collapsed 10 years ago.
A potentially stultifying order for $1.23 million in security for costs in a class action against the Hog's Breath Cafe restaurant chain has survived a challenge by the franchisees.
Westpac has criticized the lead applicant in a class action filed in the wake of AUSTRAC proceedings for the "disorderly" conduct of the lagging proceedings, with discovery yet to be finalized as the case nears its third anniversary.
Westpac and the lead applicant in a class action filed in the wake of AUSTRAC proceedings are still battling it out over discovery of evidence three years into the case. And the applicant claims the bank's discovery protocol fails the new test set by the Full Federal Court earlier this year.
Fighting what they say is a stultifying $1.23 million order for security for defence costs in a class action, franchisees of Hog's Breath Cafe have argued it is up to the restaurant chain to prove group members can pony up the dough.