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Legal body calls for more support for courts after death of Judge Guy Andrew
Judge Guy Andrew 2020-10-13 5:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australia’s peak body representing legal professionals has called for more support for Federal Circuit and Family Court judges following the death of Judge Guy Andrew, telling Lawyerly that the “crippling pressures and workloads” faced by judges on the chronically underfunded courts created an unsafe workplace.

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In plea to court, Mayfair’s Mawhinney tries to salvage Mission Beach investments
Financial Services 2020-10-13 3:43 pm By Miklos Bolza

The director of the besieged Mayfair investment group will submit a new noteholder proposal to the court in an effort to stave off the winding up of M101 Nominees and salvage his multi-million dollar Dunk Island and Mission Beach investments.

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S&P class action applicant wants to look at other applicant’s funding agreement
Class Actions 2020-10-13 3:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

One of the lead applicants in a class action against ratings giant S&P Global, which is involved in a dispute with the funder that’s backing the case, wants to look at the funding agreement signed by the class action’s other lead applicant.

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‘An act of bad faith’: Network Ten hit with indemnity costs after hiding defamation notice
Defamation 2020-10-13 12:37 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has hit Network Ten with indemnity costs after finding the broadcaster “buried” a defamation notice on its website in a manner designed to “frustrate or undermine” a settlement agreement reached with a gay American social media personality.

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Hiding name of buyer in Antares oil deal a breach of disclosure obligations, court says
Energy & Natural Resources 2020-10-12 8:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

In a win for ASIC, a judge has found that former oil and gas company Antares Energy violated its continuous disclosure obligations by failing to reveal the name of the buyer behind an ill-fated US$254 million acquisition of Texan oil assets.

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ATO wins appeal in $60M tax dispute with Healius
Tax 2020-10-12 6:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Taxation Office has secured a Full Federal Court victory in its $60 million tax battle with Healius, overturning a ruling that found the healthcare company could claw back a multi-million dollar tax refund.

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Arrow drops opposition to Novartis patent for MS drug, despite win before IP Australia
Intellectual Property 2020-10-12 2:35 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Federal Court has upheld Novartis’ appeal of a ruling revoking its patent for an oral form of multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya, after Australian generic drug maker Arrow Pharmaceuticals dropped its opposition to the patent despite prevailing before IP Australia.

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AMP hits back at class action, says buy-out policy changes needed to avoid ‘BOLR run’
AMP 2020-10-12 2:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

Changes to AMP’s buyer of last resort policy that reduced the multiple by which the wealth management firm would purchase advisers’ client registers was necessary to protect the business from a ‘BOLR run’, a court had been told.

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Full Court gives Branhaven another shot at bovine gene patent
Intellectual Property 2020-10-09 3:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australia’s leading livestock group cannot block US company Branhaven from amending its application for a bovine genome patent, which the group has worried could harm the Australian cattle industry’s ability to use genetic tests.

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Ernst & Young to be sued in class action over Slater & Gordon audits
Accounting 2020-10-09 1:55 pm By Miklos Bolza

Professional services firm EY UK has been added as a respondent in a shareholder class action against Pitcher Partners over advice given to law firm Slater and Gordon in its disastrous $1.3 billion acquisition of the UK-based Quindell in 2015, almost two years after the class action was filed.

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