Lloyd’s wins docs to probe basis for Moray & Agnew’s $3.7M settlement

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Lloyd’s has won access to letters between Moray & Agnew and an insurer to test its claims that a $3.7 million settlement the law firm agreed to over the sale of apartments at a $105 million South Yarra complex developed by millionaire Harry Stamoulis was excessive and made to protect the firm’s reputation.

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Virgin scores High Court win in spat with Wells Fargo over leased engines

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US bank Wells Fargo and Florida-based aviation leasing company Willis Lease Finance will have to pay $500,000 for the relocation of leased aircraft engines to Virgin after losing a High Court bid to have the airline foot the bill.

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Fitness chain F45 tries to revive patents for computerised workout system

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National fitness chain F45 has appealed a court decision revoking two of its patents for a computer-run trainer workout system, arguing its system constituted a technological innovation in the field of fitness studio franchising which rival Body Fit has profited from.

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Salter Brothers misled client over $2.4M visa investment, lawsuit says

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A former Salter Brothers client has filed a lawsuit against the fund manager, claiming it misled her about an investment fund marketed as part of a visa program to migrate to Australia.

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Hastie’s claim against Lendlease in $68M suit ‘untenable’, court hears

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A bid by the liquidators of collapsed engineering company Hastie Group for Lendlease to pay back funds it withdrew under bank guarantees is “untenable” and “misconceived”, a court has heard in a $68 million case that also targets Multiplex, Grocon and John Holland.

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Judge shoots down damages questions for initial trial in NAB super class action

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A judge hearing a superannuation class action against NAB unit NULIS Nominees will not determine the correct approach for calculating damages at an initial trial scheduled for later this year.

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‘Grave concerns’ raised by contradictor about 7-Eleven class action lawyer’s comments

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The contradictor appointed to represent group members in an application for approval of a $98 million settlement of two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven has raised “grave concerns” about criticism by the senior partner of the law firm running the proceedings.

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Judge to lawyers: I hate to break it to you, but I don’t want your emails

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A judge overseeing a joint class action against Freedom Foods and Deloitte wants to break a bad habit among litigators of attaching to affidavits reams of correspondence between solicitors, and she has a message for legal practitioners — the court is not interested in what lawyers say to each other.

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Former lawyer, now industrial umpire, guilty of misconduct after case languishes for 24 years

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A high profile Tasmanian lawyer has been found guilty of professional misconduct for an “ongoing failure” to progress his client’s case or respond to her questions for two and a half decades.

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No duty of care owed to kids by environment minister, Full Court rules

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The Full Federal Court has overturned a historic judgment that found the federal minister for the environment owed a duty of care to Australians under 18 to protect them from ‘catastrophic’ harm caused by the approval of the Vickery coal mine expansion.

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