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Australian Pacific Touring fights recasting of test case after discovery bungle
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-02-11 1:49 pm By Miklos Bolza

Cruise company Australian Pacific Touring will resist any expansion of a test case over cancellations brought against it by a former passenger after its failure to properly provide discovery resulted in a fragmented hearing meant to conclude in September last year.

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Barrister turns tables on vision-impaired Daily Telegraph legal team in case over deaf lawyer
Defamation 2021-02-11 1:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

A barrister for a Sydney criminal lawyer who wears hearing aids and is suing News Corp’s Nationwide News over allegedly defamatory Daily Telegraph articles referring to his profound deafness has likened the stories to accusing bespectacled lawyers of being blind.

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Reinventure settles lawsuit by ex-partner seeking cut of $100M
Employment 2021-02-10 10:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Westpac-backed venture capital firm Reinventure Group has settled a lawsuit brought by a former partner claiming she was entitled to a cut of a $100 million valuation increase in 11 startups the firm invested in. 

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Crown directors resign in wake of scathing gaming authority report
Entertainment 2021-02-10 9:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

Two directors of Crown Resorts have resigned following the release of a damning report from the NSW gaming authority.

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Ex-Freedom Foods GC strikes back at serious misconduct claims
Employment 2021-02-10 6:37 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

A former Freedom Foods group general counsel is seeking aggravated damages from the food and beverage manufacturer for claiming in court filings that she was fired for serious misconduct.

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Former Linchpin boss gets legal aid while waiting on insurers in ‘chaotic’ London
Restructuring & Insolvency 2021-02-10 4:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

London is in a “complete state of chaos” and no amount of pressing by law firm Moray & Agnew has produced an answer from underwriters about the extent of his insurance coverage, former Linchpin Capital Group CEO Peter Daly has said in a three-paragraph defence to disqualification proceedings by the corporate regulator.

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On The Run won’t file ‘test case’ appeal of class closure judgment
Class Actions 2021-02-10 4:05 pm By Miklos Bolza

The employing entity behind convenience store chain On the Run has said it will not appeal a judgment tossing a class closure bid prior to mediation, saying that it did not want to launch a “test case” in the Federal Court.

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Uber takes Aussie IT company to court over ‘Geeks’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2021-02-10 3:23 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

Uber has dragged an Australian IT services company to court after failing to win removal of the company’s ‘Uber Geeks’ trade mark for its home-visiting technician services.

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Judge puts sandwiches back on the menu in Sizzler trade mark spat
Intellectual Property 2021-02-10 11:07 am By Miklos Bolza

A judge has ordered buffet restaurant pioneer Sizzler to amend its pleadings in a trade mark stoush with Brisbane-based restaurant Burger Urge to bring them in line with a summary judgment application that includes sandwiches among the classes of allegedly infringed goods.

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Labor MP files lawsuit against ALP over branch stacking claims
Policy and Regulation 2021-02-09 11:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Victorian Labor MP Marlene Kairouz has filed a lawsuit against the national executive of her own party after she was accused of promoting branch stacking.

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