Nerang Subdivision pty Ltd v Hutson [2020] QSC 225
28-7-20 / Shane Doyle QC, Michael May — Tax
A dispute about whether the Court should grant declaratory relief about the impact of GST on the distribution of sale proceeds between a developer and owner under a waterfall distribution clause in a property development deed. Shane Doyle QC and Michael May appeared successfully for the respondent, instructed by Cooper…
Murphy Operator & Ors v Gladstone Ports Corporation (No 6) [2020] QSC 192
25-6-20 / Damian Clothier QC, Michael May — Class Actions
This was an interlocutory dispute about disclosure and about the form and quantum of security for costs to be provided in a class action (including whether security by way of a guarantee from a third party after-the-event insurer remained adequate security despite financial uncertainty arising from the Covid-19 crisis). Damian…
Murphy Operator v Gladstone Ports Corporation (No 6) [2020] QSC 192
25-6-20 / Michael May — Class Actions
Further proceedings regarding a class action where commercial fishermen allege losses against Gladstone Port Corporation for large-scale contamination of the Gladstone harbour and surrounding waters from the release of toxic dredge spoil in 2011-12. This judgment concerns an interlocutory dispute about disclosure and about the form and quantum of security…
Murphy Operator & Ors v Gladstone Ports Corporation & Anor (No 5) [2020] QSC 36
10-3-20 / Sean Russell, Michael May — Class Actions
Proceedings related to Murphy Operator & Ors v Gladstone Ports Corporation & Anor (No 4) [2019] QSC 228. The plaintiff served notice of non-party disclosure on the respondents which the respondents filed an objection to. The plaintiff was applying for lift of the stay imposed on the objection arguing that…
Connelly and Harris & Anor v McGrath & Anor [2019] QSC 304
10-12-19 / Michael May — Commercial Equity, Corporations
The case involved a claim by a co-operative housing society against its former director and a company related to him seeking relief for alleged breaches of directors’ duties and fiduciary duties. The defendants applied for relief against the ordinary pleading and disclosure obligations on the grounds of self-incrimination privilege. The…
