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William Inglis & Son waived privilege over Norton Rose Fulbright emails in land spat
Andre Zahra 2022-06-28 4:54 pm By Sam Matthews

Australia’s oldest thoroughbred auctioneer William Inglis & Son waived legal professional privilege over advice from its solicitor Norton Rose Fulbright over contamination of land it bought in 2009, a judge has found.

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Litigation funder wins transfer bid in fight with class action applicant
Associate Justice Ian Irving 2022-06-29 9:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

A litigation funder facing a lawsuit by the lead applicant in a settled class action it financed has won its bid to transfer the case to the Federal Court, where the class action was heard, after a judge said it was the “natural forum” for the dispute.

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Judge to rush trial in Tiwi Islanders challenge to Santos offshore drill plan
Allens 2022-06-29 2:29 pm By Sam Matthews

Tiwi islanders in a Federal Court challenge to the Barossa offshore gas project have won an expedited trial, but the case won’t be heard before drilling starts in mid-July.

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‘You get him in the witness box’: Kumova trial on hold after judge questions Stock Swami’s discovery
Barry Dean 2022-06-28 9:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has halted a defamation trial in a case brought by mining investor Tolga Kumova after saying he had “no confidence whatsoever” that the owner of Twitter account Stock Swami complied with discovery obligations.

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Law firm wins access to client talks with counsel in negligence case
Construction 2022-06-28 1:43 pm By Sam Matthews

Mitry Lawyers has won a discovery bid against a former client suing the Sydney law firm for $225,000 over alleged “neglect and incompetence.”

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Arnold Bloch Leibler recruits KWM partner for property team
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2022-06-28 5:38 pm By Sam Matthews

Arnold Bloch Leibler has picked up a new partner from King & Wood Mallesons to bolster its property and development practice. 

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Law firm went ‘far beyond permissible scope’ of involvement in expert report, court says
Business of Law 2022-06-27 6:40 pm By Sam Matthews

The conduct of Corrs Chambers Westgarth in the preparation of an ostensibly independent expert report in a trade secrets case “must not be repeated”, a judge has said, throwing out the expert’s evidence as potentially tainted by the law firm’s involvement.

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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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‘Where are our rights?’: ASIC wants to be heard in privilege row over PwC report
Accounting 2022-06-27 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has renewed its bid to see a PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by TerraCom in order to defend the coal mining company’s appeal of a judgment that found the regulator could view the report because of public statements made by the company.

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Google must pay indemnity costs for ‘untenable defences’ in Barilaro defamation case
Ashurst 2022-06-27 4:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered that Google pay indemnity costs to former deputy premier of NSW John Barilaro, in addition to $7150,000 in damages over a “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign” by YouTube commentator Jordan Shanks that the tech giant “did nothing” to stop.

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