Car dealers bringing a $650 million lawsuit against Mercedes over its decision to move to a fixed-price agency model are seeking to access legal advice given to the car manufacturer on non-renewal notices at the heart of the case.
Norton Rose Fulbright has been hit with two negligence suits in a week blaming the law firm for botched property sales in Victoria six years ago.
A Melbourne-based investment management group is refusing to vacate two rooms forming part of a managed investment scheme at the Yarra Valley Lodge Hotel, according to a lawsuit filed by the Australian and Pacific Investment Corporation.
Several lenders have appealed a ruling that found they failed to prove steel giant Arrium falsified representations on loan drawdown notices ahead of its $2.8 billion collapse, saying it was a “no brainer” that the company was in dire straits when its directors sought extra funds.
Bell Potter has defeated a lawsuit by Nicholas Bolton’s Keybridge Capital over a 2015 phone call which lasted one minute and 18 seconds in which the investment firm was accused of committing its client to buy $10 million worth of shares in defunct Molopo Energy.
A judge who lashed “unsatisfactory cooperation” between Chubb and British automotive distributor Inchcape has found the insurer’s policy covers some but not all costs stemming from a cyber attack which allegedly caused over $4 million in loss.
Clive Palmer’s mining company Mineralogy has lost a bid to stay an expert determination process in a royalties dispute with Adani, with a judge ruling that the court should not “lightly disregard” decisions to resolve disputes by expert determination rather than court-based litigation.
Japanese bank SMBC has brought a $33.6M lawsuit against fintech Humm Group after its subsidiary Flexirent allegedly misled the bank about receivables under allegedly forged contracts between a Forum Group entity and Veolia Environmental Services.
Trading firm Epoch Capital has brought proceedings against a quantitative analyst who allegedly downloaded confidential information from the firm’s computers.
Broadcaster Seven has filed court proceedings against a production firm it partners with to broadcast the Olympic Games for allegedly refusing to hand over software it needs for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.