4-9-23 / Sarah Spottiswood — Judicial Review & Administrative
The applicant (Sea Swift) is an Australian shipping company that ships cargo throughout Northern Queensland and the Northern Territory. The Torres Straight Island Regional Council (TSIRC) operates a permit system for the use of landing facilities that involves the payment of maritime fees based on self-reporting by vessels that use…
21-8-23 / Damian Clothier KC, Sarah Spottiswood — Contract, Intellectual Property
Aircraft Structural Contractors (ASC) and Nauru Air Corporation (NAC) were parties to an agreement for aircraft maintenance at Brisbane Airport. ASC brought proceedings against NAC in the Federal Court claiming breaches of fiduciary duties alleged to have resulted from a claimed joint venture, misleading or deceptive conduct and breaches of…
5-5-23 / Roger Traves KC, Stewart Webster, Salwa Marsh, Sarah Spottiswood, Scott McLeod KC, David Chesterman KC — Judicial Review & Administrative
The applicants sought review of a decision made by the Deputy Premier to “call-in” a development application made by Wanless Recycling Park Pty Ltd (Wanless). Wanless’ development application was to establish a new resource recovery and landfill facility involving the rehabilitation and reuse of existing mining voids in Ipswich. The…
20-12-22 / Sarah Spottiswood — Appellate
The appellant applied for leave to appeal against a decision of a District Court judge convicting the appellant for contempt of court. The respondent manufactures caravans and obtained an interlocutory injunction prohibiting the appellant from publishing her views on their caravans on a Facebook page she established. The respondent sued…
15-12-22 / Matthew Wilkinson, Sarah Spottiswood — Appellate
The Crime and Corruption Commission prepared a report about an investigation into allegations of corrupt conduct against Mr Carne. The report did not contain any findings of “corrupt conduct” against Mr Carne. The report was prepared for the purposes of submitting it to the Commission’s supervising parliamentary committee and was,…
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