In Insurance Australia Ltd t/a NRMA Insurance v Milton (No 2), the New South Wales Court of Appeal ordered a solicitor acting for an insurer in judicial review proceedings not to charge his client with more than 50% of the …
In R v Curtis (No 3), McCallum J of the Supreme Court of New South Wales sentenced Mr Curtis who had been found guilty by a jury of an offence of conspiracy to commit an offence of insider trading contrary …
In Calvo v Ellimark Pty Ltd, the New South Wales Court of Appeal held that the former clients of a solicitor were, by reason of the solicitor’s conduct in refusing to provide tax invoices and itemised bills of costs during …
The Supreme Court of Victoria in Onebev Pty Ltd v Encore Beverages Pty Ltd has held that s 36(2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) which deals with how time periods are to be calculated extended the 21 day …
The High Court of Australia in Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers Pty Limited has unanimously declined to reconsider its previous decisions in Giannarelli v Wraith and D’Orta-Ekenaike v Victoria Legal Aid which stated that, at common law, an advocate could …