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Holden dealers in a class action over GM's decision to retire the brand in March 2020 have taken issue with the car maker's counterfactual in defence, which argues the plant supplying Holden's best-selling models would have closed anyway.
As it readies its civil penalty suit against tech company Nuix for trial, ASIC has flagged a possible dispute about the extent of penalty privilege pleaded by a handful of former and current directors named in the case.
A judge has ruled that HWL Ebsworth’s negligent advice over property in Paramatta’s 'Auto Alley' cost a client $2 million, rejecting the firm’s plea of contributory negligence against the owner.
The lead plaintiff in a class action by dealers over a decision to retire the Holden brand has settled its claim with General Motors, but is set to remain as the lead plaintiff in the case.
Defending a class action by dealers over a decision to retire Holden, General Motors argues it would have been forced to close the unprofitable plant that manufactured the vehicles for the Australian market even absent the 2020 withdrawal of the iconic brand.
HWL Ebsworth has admitted it gave a client negligent advice over property in Paramatta’s 'Auto Alley' but said the owner’s alleged $3.5 million loss was not caused by the law firm’s mis-step in a transaction with companies linked to the defunct Dyldam Developments.
A Sydney auto company suing HWL Ebsworth over allegedly negligent advice provided in relation to property in Paramatta’s 'Auto Alley' has slammed the law firm’s plea of contributory negligence against its holidaying director.
A judge has approved a settlement with former directors of collapsed advisory firm Linchpin Capital under which insurer RiverStone will pay $6.3 million, which will be used to fund the investor class action’s claims against AIG.
Consumer goods giants Proctor & Gamble and Reckitt Benckiser have been urged by a court not to bury their dispute over marketing of a dishwashing tablet product under a mountain of competing performance tests.
A settlement with directors in an investor class action brought over the collapse of advisory firm Linchpin Capital is in the interests of group members, a judge has said.