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Qube resolves misuse of market power case against Port of Newcastle
ACCC 2020-11-30 2:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Logistics services provider Qube has resolved a lawsuit that accused the Port of Newcastle of misusing its power in the market for port services by denying Qube’s request to use its own equipment to provide dry bulk unloading services at the port.

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PwC looks to shut down lawsuit claiming DocuSign not a valid form of termination
Accounting 2020-11-30 1:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

PricewaterhouseCoopers is seeking to strike out a lawsuit brought by a former director who claims her notice of termination was invalid because it was delivered through DocuSign.

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ASIC wins case against insurer Youi over 2-year delay on hail damage claim
Albert Ounapuu 2020-11-27 10:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A court has found that insurer Youi breached its duty of utmost good faith by taking two years to settle a home owner’s hail storm claim.

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Judge postpones signing off on GetSwift move to Canada until FIRB approval
ASIC 2020-11-27 7:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has indicated she will approve GetSwift’s plans to relocate to Canada, despite concerns raised by ASIC, but will wait until the company has received approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board.

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‘I’ve never seen such nonsense in an affidavit’: Judge flays lawyers in S&P class action
Banton Group 2020-11-27 1:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has lashed out at the legal team behind a class action against S&P over allegedly misleading credit ratings for filing hearsay evidence in support of an application to serve the ratings giant overseas, saying that “nobody who is a first year law student” would say the evidence was admissible.

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University of Sydney defeats lawsuit by lecturer sacked over swastika
Ashurst 2020-11-27 11:51 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Federal Court has thrown out a lawsuit brought against the University of Sydney by a former political economy lecturer who was fired for a seminar slide that imposed the Nazi swastika on the Israeli flag.

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High Court to hear challenge to landmark ruling on casual workers’ rights
Adero Law 2020-11-26 1:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The High Court has granted special leave to labour hire company WorkPac to challenge a Full Court judgment that granted entitlements to casual workers with regular shifts.

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Solicitor fined for ‘extravagant and intemperate attack’ on opposing counsel after 9-year legal battle
Appeals 2020-11-26 1:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The director of a Melbourne law firm has been reprimanded and fined $10,000 for sending two letters to opposing counsel accusing him of being dishonest, following a protracted nine-year legal battle.

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Advanta patent lapses after renewal correspondence sent to departed employees
Agriculture 2020-11-25 4:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Advanta Seeds has been denied more time to pay renewal fees for its patent for a hybrid plant cell after correspondence from its lawyers about the renewal was sent to employees that had left the company and the patent renewal fell through the cracks during a 2016 systems upgrade.

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CIMIC looks to strike out class action over $1.8B writedown
Allens 2020-11-25 10:52 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Engineering services company CIMIC is looking to strike out a shareholder class action alleging it failed to keep the market informed about issues with its Middle East operations.

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