Moray & Agnew

A law firm running a franchisee class action against United Petroleum has been accused of involvement in a public relations campaign that allegedly damaged the petrol chain’s reputation and depicted it as "evil".

The High Court has been asked to overturn a ruling from the Victorian Court of Appeal that found domestic building insurance policies do not respond to when a defect arises, but rather to when loss or damage is suffered.

An appeals court ruling has confirmed that non-contracting owners must prove their own loss to claim defect damages under warranties in the Domestic Building Contracts Act. 

A judge has set aside a decision on a costs assessment application by online gambling platform PlayUp in relation to a $330,000 unpaid legal bill from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.

Moray & Agnew has poached a government partner from HWL Ebsworth for its Melbourne office, the third government lawyer to jump ship from HWLE to the firm in recent months.  

Marine towage giant Svitzer took adverse action against a port manager who was dismissed in the “snap decision” of an executive irritated by the manager's lack of excitement when offered a lower-paid role as part of a restructure.

A Sydney developer who claims his solicitor provided faulty advice relating to a financing facility for a project that went into receivership has been granted access to documents from the lawyer.

Its evidence was ruled inadmissible and it briefed new counsel, but that doesn't entitle the owners corporation of a Sydney apartment building to more details of Max Build's contract case, a judge has said.

The developer of an apartment complex in Melbourne's east can retain a $883,000 deposit from convicted fraudster Demetrios 'James' Charisiou's real estate investment firm, which was found to have repudiated a contract over email.

A tribunal has awarded a tunneller who worked on major projects like the Lane Cove tunnel project a record $2.4 for dust-related injury, describing the safety breaches of Bennett’s employers over his 30-year career as “egregious”.