DLA Piper has reached an agreement with a second barrister who alleged the firm refused to pay him until its client settled the bill, according to court documents.
A judge has halted a lawsuit by an international law firm against a former director who formed a breakaway law firm with two Australian lawyers and lured lucrative oil and gas clients away from the firm.
Australian automotive electronics developer Directed Electronics OE has won access to documents seized from rivals it claims misappropriated its confidential information and infringed its copyright to gain $3.6 million in secret commissions.
The Victorian Supreme Court has awarded a couple $145,000 in damages from a construction firm that denied them access to their brand new $5.8 million apartment and art gallery in Melbourne’s Eureka Tower for 130 weeks.
Pitcher Partners just found another reason to challenge a ruling that it owes $5.6 million in damages for concealing an accounting error from a client — a ruling that socks it with $3.3 million in legal costs for its “deceit”.
DLA Piper appears to have settled a case brought by a Queen’s Counsel alleging it skipped out on $274,000 in fees because the firm’s client had not paid its bill.
A judge has found franchisor Retail Food Group made false and misleading statements to a couple whose Michel’s Patisserie franchise ultimately lost over $142,000 due to allegedly poor quality products and irregular order schedules.
The judge overseeing the marathon trial between agricultural giants Cargill and Viterra over the $420 million sale of malt producer Joe White has shot down objections to both parties’ expert reports related to whether it was common industry practice to cheat customers by failing to comply with contract details and providing misleading malt test results.
Car wash franchisor Geowash misled franchisees about how much revenue they could expect to earn per month and acted unconscionably in its charging practices, the court has found.
Café, restaurant and take away food services franchisors, which have faced criticism and litigation for allegedly misleading franchisees, will now face heightened scrutiny from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.