A judge has directed a class action on behalf of 1,000 patients of Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates to have another go at articulating claims that Lanzer’s clinic should be liable for allegedly ‘horrific’ complications.
A judge has allowed the applicants in a class action against a law firm extra time to file evidence after the death of the solicitor on record, despite protests from the firm, which is accused in the case of liability for the alleged fraud of a former employee.
A judge has criticised HWL Ebsworth’s discovery efforts and ordered the law firm to try again in the firm’s dispute with a former partner claiming the company cut him out of a proposed ASX float in 2020.
Pet and livestock drug company Zoetis, which successfully defended a class action over its horse vaccine Equivac, is pressing forward with its claim against the legal team that ran the unfunded case, seeking to recover $500,000 of its $3.8 million legal bill.
A law firm in regional New South Wales has been hit with a class action seeking to hold it liable for the alleged fraud of a former employee who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for fraud offences in 2021.
A former capital partner has called on HWL Ebsworth to produce communications between managing partner Juan Martinez and other members of the management team that allegedly preceded a decision to shut him out of the law firm’s plans to float on the ASX.
A lawyer’s role in litigation is not to draw conclusions on the existence of facts or the outcome of a case, an appeals court has ruled in throwing out a personal costs order against a solicitor for filing a defence in a case his client ultimately lost.
A solicitor and a Sydney silk have been cleared of allegations they gave negligent advice in an action against a law firm, with a judge finding the barrister was “diligent, thorough, careful and ethical”.
Facing a claim to cover the legal costs of former Orix CEO John Carter under a D&O policy, Chubb has been given the green light to argue that Coca-Cola Amatil’s board had no knowledge of alleged secret bribes.
Pet and livestock drug company Zoetis, which prevailed in its defence to a class action over horse vaccine Equivac, is going after the legal team that ran the unfunded case, seeking orders that the lawyers pay a big portion of its $3.8 million legal bill.