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Tabcorp can access Entain’s legal advice for possible case over NSW pub deal
Addisons 2023-03-15 4:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered online bookmaker Entain and the Australian Hotels Association to hand over legal advice concerning their agreement to advertise digital wagering products in NSW pubs so that Tabcorp can decide whether to bring a case. 

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MACH Energy hits back at Tinkler’s fraud case, mounts strike-out bid
Ben Hancock 2023-03-14 5:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

MACH Energy has hit back at a lawsuit by mining executive Nathan Tinkler’s companies that alleges a former general manager misused confidential information to help MACH buy the lucrative Mount Pleasant coal mine.

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Ex-Nuix CEO appeals loss in $180M case over options agreement
Appeals 2023-03-08 3:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former Nuix CEO Edward Sheehy is challenging his loss in a lawsuit claiming he’s owed $183 million in options under a 2008 agreement with the technology company.

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Nuix ex-CEO loses $180M case over options agreement
Contracts 2023-02-07 10:12 am By Cindy Cameronne

Nuix has defeated a lawsuit by ex-CEO Edward Sheehy alleging he was owed $183 million in options under a 2008 agreement, with a judge finding the options could only be exercised if the company was sold.

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Nuix ex-CEO not entitled to ‘special treatment’, trial judge told
Contracts 2022-06-27 6:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The former boss of embattled tech company Nuix is asking for “special treatment” by arguing he is owed $183 million in options under a 2008 agreement, a judge has heard on the first day of trial in the ex-CEO’s case.

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Nuix says ex-CEO’s claim off by $140M, but Macquarie director must front court to explain
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-06-06 4:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former Nuix director appointed by Macquarie Bank must give evidence in person as the embattled tech company argues a claim brought by its former CEO is off by $140 million.

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Former Nuix CEO has ‘no faith’ in pre-trial mediation in $180M case
Corporate 2022-04-28 1:35 pm By Sam Matthews

The former CEO of Nuix has shot down the suggestion of pre-trial mediation, which he said was unlikely to resolve his $180 million claim against embattled tech company.

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Babcock & Brown shareholders lose bid for re-trial over judge’s ‘pernicious’ delay
Appeals 2022-04-14 3:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has rejected a bid by shareholders of collapsed investment advisory firm Babcock & Brown for special leave to seek a re-trial of their cases alleging disclosure breaches because of the trial judge’s “excessive” three-year delay in delivering judgment.

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‘Capricious’ conduct by Morrison government dooms Beetaloo gas contract
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-12-23 5:42 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has voided contracts between the Morrison government and a subsidiary of Empire Energy for gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin after finding the decision to enter the agreement in the midst of litigation was “legally unreasonable or capricious”.

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Beetaloo gas exploration was approved to ‘stymie’ climate change case, judge told
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-11-02 9:14 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Morrison government decision’s to enter into a contract with a subsidiary of Empire Energy for gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin was an effort to “stymie” climate change litigation brought against the federal resources minister, a court has heard.

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