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Insurer seeking to examine Arrium liquidators can’t shield docs
Alexander Di Stefano 2023-06-21 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Insurer Atradius has lost its bid to keep under wraps information supporting its application to publicly examine three KordaMentha directors about their administration of the Arrium Group after a judge found it would not prejudice a similar bid in related proceedings. 

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Atradius can’t bring late $1.5B claim over Arrium administration
Alexander Di Stefano 2023-05-03 10:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Insurer Atradius has lost its bid to bring a $1.5 billion (US$1 billion) case against four KordaMentha liquidators and 60 financiers of the Arrium group alleging they failed to act under a duty of utmost good faith when agreeing on how to divvy up sale proceeds for several entities.

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Barrister who repped Mawhinney can act against him, but not in settlement talks
Daryl Williams 2023-03-22 8:59 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A senior barrister who represented Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney in mediation of two cases last year has been allowed to appear against him at a hearing in another dispute against a lender and two McGrathNicol receivers, but the silk won’t participate in settlement talks.

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Judge stays Victorian suit over alleged conspiracy to undermine HungryPanda’s EASI acquisition
Cam Truong 2023-03-20 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has stayed an Australian lawsuit filed by food delivery service HungryPanda against competitor Fantuan over the acquisition delivery platform EASI until a related UK lawsuit is resolved, amid a fight for control of the local Asian food delivery market.

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Photo of signed contract suffices, judge finds in $7M win for Japan’s Mitsui
Contracts 2022-07-04 2:09 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has found that a partly obscured photo showing a signature was enough to render a contract enforceable, in a multi-million dollar contract fight between Mitsui & Co and a Victorian steel mill operator.

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Employees are priority creditors of insolvent trading trustees, High Court rules
Appeals 2019-06-20 9:08 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The High Court of Australia has resolved a nearly 40-year old question of whether employees of a failed company established as trustee of a trading trust have priority over ordinary unsecured creditors.

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Founder of NewLaw firm guilty of professional misconduct for ‘cavalier approach’
Business of Law 2019-04-09 9:24 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

NewLaw pioneer and founder of Bespoke Law, Jeremy Szwider, has been found guilty of professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional conduct after taking on a case he was “uniquely unprepared” to handle.

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