17-7-26 / Andrew O'Brien KC — Appellate, Corporations, Commercial Equity
Andrew O’Brien KC appeared on behalf of the fourth respondent, instructed by RBG Lawyers. The central focus of the appeal was whether the primary judge erred in not making an order granting priority in a receivership for payment in favour of Enyo Lawyers (the appellant), as a result of Enyo…
28-5-26 / Mark Robertson KC — Appellate, Tax
Mark Robertson KC (leading Mr J Byrne) represented the respondent, instructed by Macpherson Kelley Lawyers. This case concerned an appeal by the Commissioner of Taxation from a decision allowing the Respondent’s objection to amended income tax assessments. The primary judge had found that deposits exceeding $30 million received by the…
11-5-26 / Chris Stackpoole — Appellate, Contract
Chris Stackpoole appeared on behalf of the appellant, instructed by Mia Behlau & Associates. In summary, this was an appeal against the primary judge’s findings that the appellant had breached a Joint Venture Agreement (‘JVA’), engaged in unconscionable and oppressive conduct, and had secured an agreement for the respondent to…
4-5-26 / Michael Hodge KC — Appellate, Corporations, Employment & Industrial
Michael Hodge KC (leading Ms M Aguinaldo) appeared for the appellant, instructed by Gillis Delaney Lawyers. This case is an appeal from the decision of the primary judge in Reiche v Neometals Ltd (No 2) (2025) 338 IR 312. By way of background, the appellant made certain disclosures which he alleged were the…
17-4-26 / Matthew Jones KC — Appellate
Matthew Jones KC (led by G J Handran KC) represented the respondents, instructed by 23 Legal. The appeal concerned a private nuisance claim between adjoining cotton-farm owners arising from a “Temporary Levee” constructed by the appellants on their land near the common boundary. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal,…
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