2-5-19 / Paul McQuade KC, Shane Monks — Contract, Competition & Consumer
148 Brunswick Street Pty Ltd (148) and Pipe Networks Pty Ltd (Pipe) entered in to a lease whereby 148 was entitled to charge Pipe for the supply of electricity at the rate which Origin Energy Limited would have charged Pipe had those parties entered into a contestable contract for the…
20-7-18 / Shane Monks, Matthew Hickey OAM — Class Actions, Commercial Equity, Corporations, International, Land Law & Property
A class action and related proceeding by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, in which relief was sought on behalf of investors in a large "Ponzi" scheme operated in the Republic of India. The investors sought to trace their pooled funds from India, where they had been invested in…
31-10-17 / Shane Monks — Contract, Land Law & Property
Whether a plaintiff can recover damages for loss of a commercial opportunity which is more likely to make a loss than a profit, if the magnitude of the potential profit sufficiently exceeds the magnitude of the potential loss. Shane Doyle QC and Shane Monks successfully appeared for the appellant, instructed…
9-10-17 / Shane Monks — Contract, Competition & Consumer, Resources & Energy
A claim for declaratory relief under the unwritten law that the plaintiff it is not obliged to pay any sum to the defendant under a written contract of guarantee on a number of different grounds. Relief was also sought pursuant to s 87 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 or s 237…
12-9-17 / Shane Monks, Matthew Hickey OAM — Class Actions, Commercial Equity, Corporations, International, Competition & Consumer
An interlocutory application concerning the appointment of a referee in accordance with s 54A of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) to report in relation to the domestic law of the Republic of India. Shane Monks (led by Caroline Kenny QC) appeared for applicants in the proceeding (but…
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