16-3-23 / Matthew Jones KC — Professional Negligence
The Defendants applied to strike out the tenth version of the Plaintiff’s statement of claim on the basis of a defective pleading of causation. The statement of claim was struck out, without leave to proceed, and the proceeding was dismissed for want of prosecution. The Defendants had never been required…
10-3-23 / Matthew Jones KC — Judicial Review & Administrative
Matthew Jones appeared, pro bono, on an appeal for Tamil woman seeking asylym in Australia based on a fear of sexual and physical assault of herself and her daughters. The main issue in the appeal was whether the appellant had provided “credible personal information” in relation to her complaints within…
23-2-23 / Matthew Jones KC — Corporations
The majority shareholder of a company challenged a resolution by its directors under s 436A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) to place the company into administration on the grounds of insolvency on the basis that the directors did not have a genuine belief as to insolvency or were alternatively acting pursuant to an extraneous, improper…
1-2-23 / Matthew Jones KC — Human Rights & Discrimination
Matthew Jones appeared for the respondent VR. The judgment is available here.
28-11-22 / Matthew Jones KC — Human Rights & Discrimination
An administrator appointed to manage the financial affairs of an indigenous adult with impaired capacity sought compensation from the Public Trustee pursuant to section 59 of the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 (the GAA), alleging historical negligent financial decision making when the Public Trustee was the adult’s administrator. This decision…
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