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Judge allows discovery for possible bushfire class action against Essential Energy
Class Actions 2020-02-14 10:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A law firm has won its case seeking preliminary discovery from Essential Energy to pursue a possible class action against the state-owned electricity infrastructure company over the 2018 Tathra bushfire in NSW.

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IOOF unit’s appeal targets Sparke Helmore
Agriculture 2020-01-13 4:48 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

An IOOF subsidiary has appealed a $76.6 million judgment finding it breached its duty in the sale of a 46,000 hectare plantation by collapsed forestry giant Gunns Group and shooting down its cross claim seeking to pass liability onto law firm Sparke Helmore.

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De-classing threat revived as 3A Composites slams ‘simply shambolic’ combustible cladding action
Amelia Smith 2019-12-16 9:25 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

German cladding manufacturer 3A Composites has again threatened to call for the de-classing of a class action brought over allegedly combustible cladding, slamming the case against it as “simply shambolic” and the conduct of the applicant as “utterly irresponsible”.

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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank appeals loss of 20-year-old trade mark
Allens 2019-11-29 11:09 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Arguing the court was wrong to rule that its trade mark was not inherently distinctive, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is challenging a judgment that revoked its 20-year-old mark for ‘Community Bank’.

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IOOF unit wins stay of $76M judgment as it mulls appeal of case against Sparke Helmore
Agriculture 2019-10-22 11:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has briefly stayed his $76.6 million judgment against IOOF subsidiary Australian Executor Trustees over the sale of a timber plantation by the collapsed Gunns Group as AET weighs an appeal of the ruling, which dismissed its cross-claim against law firm Sparke Helmore.

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IOOF expects to appeal $80M plantation judgment after losing bid to lay blame on law firm
Agriculture 2019-09-30 10:17 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

IOOF says it expects to challenge a $80.6 million judgment against subsidiary Australian Executor Trustees over the sale of a timber plantation by the collapsed Gunns Group that left its law firm, Sparke Helmore, off the hook despite a finding that the firm’s advice “fell short”.

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Juno, Millennium settle patent dispute over cancer drug Velcade
Biopharmalex 2019-09-30 11:56 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Generic drug maker Juno Pharmaceuticals and US-based Millennium Pharmaceuticals have reached an in-principle settlement in their trans-Pacific dispute over two patents covering breakthrough anti-cancer medication Velcade.

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Sparke Helmore off the hook as court slams IOOF unit with $81M judgment over plantation sale
Agriculture 2019-09-26 2:50 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

IOOF subsidiary Australian Executor Trustees has been hit with an $80.6 million judgment after breaching its duty as trustee in the sale of a 42,000 hectare timber plantation by collapsed forestry giant Gunns Group, and it can’t pass the liability on to Spark Helmore, despite the law firm’s inadequate advice.

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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank loses 20-year-old trade mark for ‘Community Bank’
Colin Golvan 2019-09-20 10:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge has overturned a win for Bendigo and Adelaide Bank in a trade mark battle with NSW-based Community First Credit Union, finding the credit union had successfully argued to revoke the bank’s 20-year-old trade mark for ‘Community Bank’.

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3A Composites issues ultimatum in combustible cladding class action
Amelia Smith 2019-09-12 3:11 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

German-based 3A Composites has issued an ultimatum in the high-stakes combustible cladding class action against it, saying it will try to shut down the matter as a representative proceeding if group member registration and opt out are not initiated.

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