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…
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Inclusion of unnecessary material in appeal books – solicitor ordered not to charge client with more than 50% of the costs associated with the books’ preparation
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Term of imprisonment imposed on offender found to be involved in a conspiracy to commit an offence of insider trading
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…
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Solicitor to be restrained from taking any further steps to recover costs from former clients
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…
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Section 36(2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) is found to extend the time prescribed in s 459G of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
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…
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Attwells v Jackson Lalic Lawyers Pty Limited – High Court retains advocate’s immunity from suit but holds that out of court settlements are outside its scope
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…
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