Newsflash

Originally posted on Carrie Rome-Sievers, Barrister:
It is being reported that this morning, Westpac and the other 19 banks in the Bell Group litigation have won special leave to appeal their loss last year in the West Australian courts to the High Court of Australia. At first instance in 2008 the Banks were ordered by…

A win for the Obeids – Fiduciary Duties in Contractual Relationships

In some good news for the Obeid family, the NSWCA upheld an appeal by Moses Obeid and his company Streetscape Projects against the City of Sydney, avoiding any need for divine intervention (see here for the report of Mr Obeid suggesting that maps seized from his brother’s office by ICAC investigators may have been drawn […]

Free pass to the Legalwise Contracts Conference – 28 March 2013

I will be presenting a seminar at the Legalwise 2nd Annual Contracts Conference on 28 March 2013 on Contractual Breach – Consequences and Monetary Remedies.   The CPD year ends on 31 March, so this is a good way to rack up some last minute points. An impressive lineup of speakers will be delivering presentations […]