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The director of building company Modscape is fighting to access Gadens’ advice concerning an allegedly false and malicious letter sent to the Victorian Building Authority which questioned his financial probity.
Creditors of LGL Commodities might have a right of action against solicitors for the company's liquidators for failing to comply with court orders and omitting evidence in a case against a former director, a judge has ruled.
Gadens has recruited three new partners to join the growing firm, including a tax litigation specialist who previously represented the Commissioner of Taxation in high-profile litigation against Crown Resorts.
A director of sunglasses company Quay Eyewear has lost her bid to access HWL Ebsworth’s advice to the company given during legal proceedings which accused her of tortious interference, breach of directors’ duties and intellectual property violations.
A lengthy dispute over insurance in a settled class action against sandalwood producer Quintis has been resolved, with the Federal Court rejecting a challenge by two insurers to the rectification of policies that could provide a further $11.25 million in recoveries to group members.
A class action by investors of collapsed Linchpin Capital against the company's former directors wants to join their insurers as defendants to the proceedings.
After months of uncertainty and a scolding from the judge about "vague" excuses, former Linchpin Capital directors facing proceedings by ASIC and a class of investors have been given assurance that their legal costs will be covered under an insurance policy.
Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has attacked a lawsuit brought by a group of lenders against collapsed steel giant Arrium, rejecting claims that $430 million in loans was borrowed under misleading or deceptive representations.
The former group treasurer of collapsed steel giant Arrium has hit back at claims brought by the company's liquidators that it was trading while insolvent, arguing the case had been 'infected' by evidence from an expert who was also a plaintiff in the case.
Doomed iron and steel giant Arrium attempted to stave off its inevitable $2.8 billion collapse and put off negotiating with its lenders until the last minute despite warnings from its legal and financial advisors, liquidators for the company told the court.