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Second Super Retail whistleblower comes forward, as court rejects bid to redact lawyer’s case
Employment 2024-08-14 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Super Retail Group has lost a bid to suppress parts of a case by former chief legal officer and company secretary Rebecca Farrell, who says she was sacked in May following complaints of corporate goverance issues, as a second senior employee steps up to back her former colleague’s claims.

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Acciona must deliver bank guarantees for $511M waste-to-energy plant
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-14 1:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ruled that Acciona must deliver $38.6 million in bank guarantees to the entity in charge of a $511 million waste-to-energy plant in Western Australia, despite allegations of insolvency levelled by the Spanish infrastructure giant.

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Kingfisher Mobile pares claims in $45M lawsuit against Telstra
Telecommunications 2024-08-16 11:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Contractor Kingfisher Mobile has dropped a claim against Telstra in a $45 million lawsuit alleging the telco breached a November 2022 contract when it engaged a new provider to take over. 

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High Court won’t hear promoter’s spat with Nine unit over One Direction tour
Entertainment 2024-08-12 11:17 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has denied the special leave application of a Sydney concert promoter seeking a cut of the profits earned by Nine unit TEG Live for promoting a 2013 Australian tour with English-Irish boy band One Direction. In orders handed down on Thursday, the High Court declined promoter Mark Filby’s bid for review of…

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Former EY partner loses $1M share dispute against National Tiles
Securities 2024-07-30 3:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former EY partner and ousted board member at National Tiles has lost his $1 million claim alleging the company breached implied terms in a contract by requiring him to sign a “draconian, unreasonable and unacceptable” share agreement.

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Merricks Capital settles non-compete case with investment boutique, employees
Real Estate 2024-07-26 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

Investment manager Merricks Capital has resolved its case against a former managing director and two employees, who left the firm for a boutique run by financial commentator Peter Switzer and his son, Marty.

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AMA loses in appeal over $4.8M smash repair acquisition
Appeals 2024-07-24 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two Gosford-based smash repair businesses have won an appeal in a dispute with AMA Group over the earn out amount the ASX-list company owed under an October 2018 agreement to purchase the companies for $4.8 million.

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Ex-Sydney Flames coach Shane Heal escapes costs over failed Fair Work case
Employment 2024-07-19 11:05 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has declined to order costs against basketball coach Shane Heal in his failed Fair Work case against the Sydney Flames, saying Heal’s claims were not “advanced without any factual or legal basis”.

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Court rips up law firm’s ‘positively misleading’ costs agreement
Legal Ethics 2024-07-15 11:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has set aside a costs agreement between a Perth-based law firm and its client in a family law matter that culminated in a $87,000 bill, saying the agreement was “positively misleading” with respect to the applicable hourly rates.

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Promise did not seal contract, judge says in tossing Cirrus case over NZ Defence Force training
Contracts 2024-07-15 11:32 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has tossed a contract claim brought against aircraft maintenance company Hawker Pacific by scorned subcontractor Cirrus RTPS, finding that a purported agreement surrounding a joint bid for services offered by the New Zealand Defence Force was not intended to be binding.

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