On 9 April 2015, the High Court of Australia refused special leave to appeal to the Court in Hudson Investment Group Limited v Atanaskovic (see [2015] HCASL 54). The High Court noted that the New South Wales Court of Appeal …
The Supreme Court of New South Wales in Balcomb v Brownlee recently held that the phrase “full and final settlement” as used in an agreement to settle an ‘out of time’ family provision claim brought under Ch 3 of the …
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Representative or group proceedings (commonly known as ‘class actions’) are typically lawyer driven. As the costs can be substantial, the costs of such proceedings are increasingly being covered by litigation funders. In two recent cases, Bolitho v Banksia Securities Limited …
Class actions: When is the lawyer’s relationship with the litigation funder too close? Read more »
In Grant Samuel Corporate Finance Pty Limited v Fletcher, the High Court of Australia has held that the bringing of an application within the time required by s 588FF(3) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) is a precondition to the …
A person intending to present his or her case before a court without legal representation would be wise to first take a look at the case of Chapman v Colson, a recent decision of the Supreme Court of New South …
Unrepresented litigant found to have abandoned a limitation defence Read more »