Developer JD Group has scored a partial win in its challenge to a damages award to a Melbourne couple over a “deliberately misleading” rendering of a $9.6 million apartment, with a judge saying the case showed the “inherent risk” in buying apartments off-the-plan.
A Credit Suisse unit has lost a bid to strike out portions of a case launched by a group of investors over financial products known as MINI warrants, with a judge saying the claims were not untenable as argued.
A Federal Court judge has ruled he has jurisdication to hear a case brought by a group of investors against a unit of Credit Suisse over complex derivative products known as MINI warrants, despite the bank’s argument that the claims allege breach of contract under common law, not federal law.