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Law firms accused of negligence say Dover not entitled to recover $1.2M penalty
Adam Coote 2021-10-27 6:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Two law firms accused of providing negligent advice to Dover Financial over a so-called client protection policy found to be "highly misleading" have argued the defunct financial advisor should not be able to recover the $1.2 million penalty it was ordered to pay.
Country Care alleges law firm’s negligent advice led to cartel charges
ACCC 2021-10-22 1:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney
Mobility equipment provider Country Care has taken a law firm to court claiming it gave negligent advice and was responsible for an ACCC price-fixing investigation and subsequent criminal cartel charges.
Sparke Helmore loses ‘excessive’ $215,000 security bid in negligence suit
David Weinberger 2021-10-14 11:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne
A judge has granted law firm Sparke Helmore's bid for additional security in a negligence lawsuit brought by a property developer, but agreed the $215,000 sought by the firm was excessive.
Slater & Gordon faces negligence suit by Manus Island security worker
Arnold Thomas & Becker 2021-09-30 2:23 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Slater & Gordon has been hit with a lawsuit filed by a former client who alleges the plaintiffs law firm's conduct prevented him from suing the federal government for psychiatric injuries suffered at the Manus Island refugee processing centre.
Sparke Helmore’s security demand in $1M negligence case ‘excessive’, court told
Business of Law 2021-09-28 4:45 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A property developer suing law firm Sparke Helmore in a $1 million negligence suit has resisted a bid for $215,000 in security for costs made weeks ahead of a four-day hearing in the matter, calling the sum "excessive".
Judge denies law firm’s bid for indemnity costs, says $2.7M case not ‘hopeless’
Business of Law 2021-09-22 5:10 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney
A Melbourne law firm has lost its bid for indemnity costs after it failed to convince a judge that its settlement offer to a former client was anything more than a demand to capitulate in a “hard fought” legal battle over a $24.5 million East Melbourne development.
EY nears settlement in negligence case over Coca-Cola Amatil sale of SPC
Accounting 2021-09-16 12:27 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney
EY has reached an in-principle settlement in a case brought by Melbourne-based joint venture Shepparton Partners Collective alleging the consulting giant was negligent, but the firm copped a dressing down from a judge on Thursday for asking him to keep its motion to toss the case on ice.
Class action probe results in redress scheme for women injured by disgraced doctor
Class Actions 2021-09-14 3:37 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney
Hundreds of women who suffered “chaos and devastation” at the hands of former surgeon Emil Gayed will be entitled to compensation after class action law firm Slater & Gordon negotiated with the state government to secure a redress scheme.
‘Curious choice’ to sue PwC and not Baker McKenzie, judge says
Accounting 2021-09-13 2:00 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney
Chinese lender Aoyin must pay PricewaterhouseCoopers' legal costs for a vacated trial after Aoyin's eleventh hour decision to join Baker McKenzie to a $10 million cross-claim in a dispute concerning the accounting firm's advice on its failed bid to launch the first Chinese incorporated bank in Australia.
Developer PPK Group appeals defeat in HWL Ebsworth negligence suit
Appeals 2021-09-10 2:19 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
Property developer PPK Group is challenging the dismissal of its long-running negligence case against law firm HWL Ebsworth over the $25.5 million sale of Crown-owned Sydney land.