1-2-22 / Matthew Jones KC, Claire Schneider — Professional Discipline & Regulatory, Competition & Consumer
The proceeding was a prosecution against an education service provider, by the Australian Skills Quality Authority, for contraventions of s 94 and s 96 of the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 (Cth) (NVR Act). The parties formulated an Agreed Statement of Facts and Joint Submissions to the court as to…
9-12-21 / Matthew Jones KC — Professional Negligence
In this proceeding, the Applicant claimed damages in excess of AUD 140 million against his former accountants, alleging that their negligence caused the collapse of a financial services business. Previous versions of the pleading had been struck out. The version of the statement of claim before the court was the…
30-11-21 / Matthew Doyle, Matthew Jones KC — Insurance
The Plaintiff, Mr Holman, was a professional soccer player for an A-League club who entered into an ‘A-League Standard Player Contract’ (First SPC), pursuant to which Mr Holman was engaged to play for the Defendant, Brisbane Roar, in the A-League. Brisbane Roar, the other A-League football clubs and Football Federation…
26-11-21 / Matthew Jones KC — Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy
A special purpose corporation, Gulf Aboriginal Development Company Ltd, was established pursuant to a 1997 agreement between the State of Queensland, certain native title groups which would be affected by the New Century Mine and the mine’s operator, referred to as the Gulf Communities Agreement. The company was operated by…
30-4-21 / Matthew Jones KC — Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy
In a proceeding placed on the Commercial List, the Statement of Claim had been struck out and leave had been refused to file an amended statement of claim, pursuant to Rule 376(4) of the UCPR. There being no pleading, and based on a finding that there was no likelihood of…
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