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Resort villa owners to file strike out bid of Clive Palmer lawsuit
Villa owners of the ill-fated Palmer Coolum Resort have flagged an impending strike out bid of a lawsuit brought by Clive Palmer, in which the mining magnate seeks to prevent the owners supporting a separate class action against him.
Australian Bar Association’s trade mark lawsuit is not a class action, judge says
A trade mark infringement lawsuit filed by the former CEO of the Australian Bar Association was not properly brought as a class action on behalf of member barristers, a judge has found.
Clive Palmer launches dual-pronged attack to shut down Coolum resort class action
Mining magnate Clive Palmer has attacked a class action by timeshare owners of the ill-fated Palmer Coolum Resort on two fronts, arguing that a special levy to fund the action breached the Corporations Act and seeking to strike out significant portions of the case.
Media monitor Isentia loses bid to lower interim copyright fees
The Copyright Tribunal has dismissed an application by media monitoring firm Isentia to lower per-clip rates payable to collecting house Copyright Agency, rejecting arguments the higher fees had led to a loss of customers.
Funding blocked in Clive Palmer class action until appeal heard
Funding for a class action over the troubled Coolum Palmer Resort has been temporarily blocked while a company owned by Clive Palmer appeals a judgment in a separate lawsuit lodged by the billionaire to thwart the class action.
Ex-Storm Financial directors lose appeal, Full Court finds they breached their duties
The former directors of defunct financial advisory firm Storm Financial have failed in their appeal of a ruling that found they breached their duties to eleven vulnerable investors by providing a one-size-fits-all model of investment advice that was inappropriate.
DLA Piper admits to breaching disclosure obligations in $466,000 costs dispute
A dispute over approximately $466,000 in unpaid legal costs has been sent to the Victorian Supreme Court after DLA Piper admitted it breached its disclosure obligations to a client in a patent case over a laser safety system.
Clive Palmer’s company takes another shot at shutting down class action
A company owned by Clive Palmer is appealing a ruling that denied its bid to temporarily block funding for a class action over the troubled Coolum Palmer Resort.
Court blocks Clive Palmer’s bid to shut down class action funding
A company owned by mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost its bid to temporarily block funding for a class action over the troubled Coolum Palmer Resort, with the Federal Court finding that special levies garnered from villa owners to back the proceedings were above board and legal.
Liquidators want $6M from directors of failed Gold Coast asset manager
Two former directors of defunct Gold Coast asset manager Avestra are facing a lawsuit from the company's liquidators seeking to recover $6 million in alleged losses by three of the company's managed investment schemes.