ASIC can pursue case against retailer Snaffle over ‘inflated’ prices

Please login to bookmark Close

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been given the green light to pursue a consumer case alleging defunct online retailer Snaffle charged consumers inflated prices.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

Counsel fee rate guide ‘hopelessly outdated’, judge says

Please login to bookmark Close

A judge has remarked that the counsel fee rate guide is now 13 years out of date and no longer serves its purpose, in a ruling ordering $1.5 million in costs against Golden Eagle Property Group.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

Vena Group signs $200M battery storage deal with InCommodities

Please login to bookmark Close

Singapore renewables company Vena Group has signed a $200 million long-term battery storage agreement with Danish energy trading company InCommodities for the Bellambi Heights battery energy storage system in central west New South Wales. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

Judge OKs invasive testing in $7M row over ‘defective’ Sydney tennis courts

Please login to bookmark Close

A judge has allowed an engineer to conduct invasive testing on 16 tennis courts in Western Sydney which a local council claims need to be replaced due to defects.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

BGC tells court it ‘can’t keep up’ with burst Iplex pipe repairs

Please login to bookmark Close

In a case over alleged faulty plumbing pipes produced by Fletcher Building’s Iplex, BGC told a court Friday it had been overwhelmed by calls for repairs to the 7,000 Perth homes fitted with the pipes.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

Rawcorp can’t block recourse to security in fight over $25.5M development

Please login to bookmark Close

A developer can have recourse to $740,000 in security following building delays, with a judge finding that its contract with Rawcorp for the construction of a Coolangatta apartment complex created an unfettered right to call on the security. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

Forum Finance director banned by ASIC for maximum period

Please login to bookmark Close

Forum Finance director Vince Tesoriero has been banned from managing companies for five years due to his involvement in the failure of 20 companies, including Forum, through which he and partner Bill Papas defrauded Westpac out of $400 million. 

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?

High Court rejects lender’s second bid for judge’s recusal in ASIC case

Please login to bookmark Close

The High Court has dismissed Sunshine Loans’ second attempt to have a judge recuse himself from a penalty hearing in ASIC’s case against the payday lender, despite his criticism of a witness due to give further evidence.

Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.

Already a subscriber?
Lost your password?