Following the lead of its Victorian counterpart, the NSW Supreme Court has found that law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell cannot recover costs in self-represented litigation against a former client over unpaid legal invoices.
A judge hearing a contract dispute between Seven Network and Cricket Australia has knocked the sporting body’s defence, in which it argues that Seven’s pleadings are ‘vague and embarrassing’, expressing his “growing frustration” with the phrase.
An appeals court has refused a bid by Bianca Rinehart and John Hancock to block an arbitrator from deciding a long-running dispute over valuable mining assets, despite his wife having acted for Gina Rinehart in related proceedings.
Cricket Australia says the COVID-19 pandemic was a force majeure event under its broadcast agreement with the Seven Network, which has sued the sporting governing body over alleged breaches of the deal.
Fired underwriter Greg Brereton has been granted an extension to respond to lawsuits targeting Insurance Australia Group over trade credit policies covering $4.6 billion in loans issued by collapsed Greensill Capital.
Channel Seven has asked the Federal Court to terminate a Test cricket and Big Bash League broadcast agreement with Cricket Australia due to alleged contract breaches.
The High Court has dismissed Crown Resorts’ bid for special leave to appeal in a $100 million dispute over GST assessments on commissions and rebates paid to tour operators that directed international VIP gamblers to two of its casinos.
The NSW Court of Appeal has granted Bianca Rinehart’s bid for her billionaire mother Gina to hand over trust documents that could be used in a dispute over ownership of the $4 billion family trust.
A judge has ruled that the discontinuance of a class action doesn’t lift the suspension of the limitations period on group member claims, and a court order that the clock run again is needed to ensure companies don’t face potential litigation in perpetuity.
Insurance Australia Group is investigating the underwriter behind an allegedly unauthorised trade credit policy issued to Greensill Capital, according to a defence by the insurer in a $43 million case brought by a Credit Suisse supply chain fund left heavily exposed after Greensill’s collapse.