Following the lead of its Victorian counterpart, the NSW Supreme Court has found that law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell cannot recover costs in self-represented litigation against a former client over unpaid legal invoices.
An appeals court has refused a bid by Bianca Rinehart and John Hancock to block an arbitrator from deciding a long-running dispute over valuable mining assets, despite his wife having acted for Gina Rinehart in related proceedings.
The High Court has agreed to weigh in on whether government restrictions on social gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic frustrated a $11.25 million contract for sale of a hotel in the Sydney suburb of Pyrmont.
An appeals court has ruled that a judge was not justified in slapping two lawyers with personal costs, finding she should not have considered alleged poor conduct such as one of the lawyers eating a muffin while appearing during a remote hearing.
A court has handed CBRE indemnity costs for successfully defending a negligent land valuation lawsuit by defunct fund manager City Pacific after it had offered $600,000 to settle the case.
Max Twigg, race car driver and former owner of the famous Byron Bay Hotel, has lost an appeal of a judge’s finding that he misappropriated around $100 million in family trust money and took steps to conceal the transfer of funds from his mother.
Real estate giant CBRE Group has won its appeal in a dispute with defunct fund manager City Pacific, which claimed the company negligently valued a Queensland marina at $27.3 million in 2006 and caused millions in losses.
Property developer PPK Group is challenging the dismissal of its long-running negligence case against law firm HWL Ebsworth over the $25.5 million sale of Crown-owned Sydney land.
Sydney lawyer Leigh Johnson has lost her appeal in a class action launched by investors who allegedly sank $12.3 million into a fraudulent sports betting scheme run by convicted conman Peter Foster.
An appeals court has upheld a ruling that Qantas’ dispute with former executive Nick Rohrlach over his defection to competitor Virgin Australia should be heard in Singapore because it falls under an exclusive jurisdiction clause in his employment agreement.