Hammerschlag J of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in Edward Moses Obeid Snr -v- David Andrew Ipp [2016] NSWSC 1376 has found at [293]-[297] that Counsel Assisting the Independent Commission Against Corruption (“ICAC”) was entitled to the barristers’…
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Principles contained in Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers Pty Limited identified
Button J of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in Cairncross v Anderson t/as ERA Legal (No 2) [2016] NSWSC 1326 has identified a number of principles contained in the plurality judgment in Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers Pty…
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Non-party refused access to an Australian Human Rights Commission complaint lodged with the originating application
In a number of decisions, the most recent of which was Oldham v Capgemini Australia Pty Ltd (No 2), Mortimer J of the Federal Court of Australia refused to exercise the discretion under r 2.32(4) of the Federal Court Rules…
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Supreme Court refuses to refer litigant to a lawyer on the Pro Bono Panel
Introduction The Supreme Court of New South Wales in IMBK Pty Ltd v Zheng Tan [2016] NSWSC 1175 (“IMBK”) has refused to refer a litigant to the registrar for referral to a lawyer on the Pro Bono Panel for legal…
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No collateral contract or estoppel found to arise from landlord’s statement that tenants would be “looked after at renewal time”
The High Court of Australia in Crown Melbourne Ltd v Cosmopolitan Hotel (Vic) Pty Ltd, by majority, has found that a statement made during lease negotiations by a landlord to tenants to the effect that the tenants would be “looked…
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