Please login to bookmark Close
The liquidators of Melbourne-based forex trader Berndale Capital have filed examination proceedings in the Federal Court seeking to question the company’s former CEO and its other directors.
Full Court says Oxworks wrongly awarded extra damages in patent suit
Please login to bookmark Close
The Full Federal Court has provided clarity around additional damages in patent cases by reducing the penalties liable to be paid by an Australian fencing and gate manufacturer found to have infringed a rival’s patent for a fence base.
Bankruptcy trustee can rip up agreement giving litigation funder 85%
Please login to bookmark Close
A court has allowed a bankruptcy trustee to drop an “extremely disadvantageous” litigation funding agreement, which provided the funder with an 85 per cent commission, previously signed to pursue a Perth-based engineering and construction company.
Elaine Stead hits Nine with defamation suit over Blue Sky coverage
Please login to bookmark Close
Elaine Stead, venture capitalist and former executive director of doomed fund manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments, has filed defamation proceedings against Nine-owned Fairfax over a series of articles criticising her role in the company’s collapse.
Judge OKs $29M settlement in Radio Rentals class action
Please login to bookmark Close
A judge has given his seal of approval to a $29 million settlement that resolves a class action over Radio Rentals’ Rent, Try, $1 Buy scheme alleging customers were kept in the dark about the true cost of their rentals.
Domino’s faces possible class action by franchisees
Please login to bookmark Close
A law firm bringing the second of two cases by franchisees against Domino’s Pizza is weighing a possible class action against the fast food giant.
High Court to weigh in on patent exhaustion in Seiko ink cartridge spat
Please login to bookmark Close
The High Court has granted special leave to cartridge reseller Calidad after the company lost an intellectual property dispute with printer giant Seiko Epson and was hit with a general injunction barring it from further patent infringement.
Law firms open wallets, clear pro bono schedules in response to bushfires
Please login to bookmark Close
Australia’s law firms are stepping up in response to the bushfire crisis across the country, pledging money, pro bono work — even P2 masks — to support those hardest hit.
Canberra property developers suffer partial loss in GST class actions
Please login to bookmark Close
The property developers behind two Canberra apartment complexes have been dealt a partial loss in two class actions against them, with a judge finding the developers misled the lead applicants about the GST payable on their units but that only some of them were entitled to compensation or restitution.
Leyonhjelm hires new lawyer as he appeals $120,000 defamation award to Sarah Hanson-Young
Please login to bookmark Close
Former senator David Leyonhjelm is appealing a ruling that socked him with a $120,000 damages bill in a defamation case brought by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, and has hired a new solicitor to bring the challenge.