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Clive Palmer’s nephew can’t dodge contempt proceedings over Queensland Nickel collapse
Alexander Law 2022-06-10 6:38 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The former director of Queensland Nickel and nephew of mining magnate Clive Palmer has lost another bid to dodge contempt proceedings brought by the collapsed company’s liquidators.

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Nufarm takes Advanta Seeds to court after patent lapse held to be lawyers’ error
Agriculture 2022-06-08 4:59 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Agricultural chemical company Nufarm has appealed a decision giving rival Advanta Seeds extra time to pay a renewal fee for its patent for a hybrid plant cell after correspondence from its lawyers was sent to employees that had left the company and the patent renewal fell through the cracks.

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Six-year-old lawsuit against CFMEU over Pentridge site back on
Appeals 2022-06-08 3:58 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has revived a long-running suit against the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and Victorian state secretary John Setka, granting the plaintiffs leave to appeal orders dismissing the case and file an eighth iteration of their pleadings against the union over the infamous Pentridge building site.

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Property guru Sasha Hopkins converted investor funds into crypto assets, ASIC says
ASIC 2022-06-08 3:05 pm By Sam Matthews

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released details of its allegations against embattled property developer Sasha Hopkins, who is the subject of several freezing orders won by the regulator earlier this month.

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Judge slams Andrews government for ‘opaque cover-up’ in hotel quarantine class action
Adam Hochroth 2022-06-07 6:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has criticised the Andrews government for withholding information about the alleged transmission of COVID-19 to a security guard working in hotel quarantine in a class action claiming lapses in the program caused Victorian businesses to suffer losses. 

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Law firm investigates class action over NDIS data breach
Centennial Lawyers 2022-06-07 5:22 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The law firm behind Australia’s first privacy class action is investigating a recent breach which left the personal information of thousands of participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme exposed.

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Social justice law firm sued by solicitor claiming $185,000 in wages
Contracts 2022-06-06 9:16 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A solicitor who says she wasn’t paid for three years before her termination is suing her former employer — a “community-oriented” Sydney law firm — for over $185,000 in unpaid wages and other entitlements.

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Solicitor’s defamation case against Victoria’s State Revenue Office revived
Chief Justice James Allsop 2022-06-06 6:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A former solicitor at the Victorian state revenue office who was dismissed after alleged sexual harassment and “scandalous staring” has won his appeal in a defamation case against the Victorian government, with the case being sent to a judge for trial.

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Property developer Sasha Hopkins to face ASIC grilling
ASIC 2022-06-03 5:13 pm By Sam Matthews

Embattled property developer Sasha Hopkins will face a compulsory examination by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission over the activities of his company A Team Property Group.

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Pitcher Partners wants $127M Twigg family lawsuit heard in Victoria
Contracts 2022-06-03 4:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Pitcher Partners has filed a bid to transfer a $127 million lawsuit brought by the Twigg family alleging the accounting firm helped Max Twigg misappropriate $127.8 million in family trust money for himself.

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