28-5-21 / Michael Trim — Contract
The Plaintiff, who was experienced in the fashion industry, assisted the inexperienced Third Defendant to develop a successful luxury fashion retail business which the Court found now thrives in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. This case involved many controversies arising from that business relationship including whether contracts were executed,…
8-3-21 / Bianca Kabel, Michael Trim — Insurance
In this application, the defendant insurers sought leave to have two sets of solicitors and counsel on the record in the proceeding. A principal submission run by the defendants was that the plaintiffs had brought multiple insurance claims prior to the proceedings having been filed (which claims were then reflected…
1-3-21 / Michael Trim — Employment & Industrial
This case involved an Application by the former Chief Executive Officer of the Logan City Council against the Council and the former Mayor and Councillors. The proceedings alleged contraventions of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010 and the Industrial Relations Act 2016 and sought declarations, penalties, damages and injunctive relief.…
26-2-21 / Michael Trim — Building & Construction, Contract
The parties to a design and construct contract were in dispute about whether an adjudication decision was valid. That included disputes on a number of matters including what constituted the relevant payment schedule under s 69 of the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (a superintendent’s determination or…
1-10-20 / Michael Trim, Matthew Hickey OAM — Contract
The applicant, the operator of the Gold Coast Light Rail system (The System), and the respondent, a contractor for design and construction elements on the system, were parties to a written agreement in the form of a deed. A dispute arose between the parties about works performed on The System…
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