Year
For the first plaintiffs in an insolvency matter — urgent application by administrators for extension of time for convening of second meeting of creditors. Instructed by King & Wood Mallesons. Related: Caddy (Administrators Appointed), in the matter of Roberts Co (Vic) Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) [2025] FCA 492.
Year
For the plaintiffs in an insolvency matter — application for directions. Instructed by King & Wood Mallesons. Related: Caddy, in the matter of Roberts Co (VIC) Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed) (No 3) [2025] FCA 569.
Year
Directions to court-appointed receivers — permissible legal costs under freezing order. For the receivers, instructed by Norton Rose Fulbright Australia.
Year
Acting for the plaintiffs in a successful application to extend a convening period (unled).
Year
Acting for the successful respondent at first instance and on appeal in a proceeding concerning the validity and outcome of a shareholders’ meeting, s 249F of the Corporations Act and indemnity costs
Year
CONTRACT — Construction — Sale of land — Whether mortgage to secure borrowing inconsistent with contract — Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 104.
RECTIFICATION — Common intention — Mistake — Evidentiary burden — Franklins Pty Ltd v Metcash Trading Pty Ltd (2009)…
Year
Acting for the successful respondent at first instance and on appeal in a proceeding concerning the validity and outcome of a shareholders’ meeting, s 249F of the Corporations Act and indemnity costs.
Year
Acting for ASIC in a successful civil penalty proceeding concerning breaches of the financial services provisions of the Corporations Act (led by Jonathon Moore KC).
Year
Acting for the successful respondent at first instance and on appeal in a proceeding concerning the validity and outcome of a shareholders’ meeting, s 249F of the Corporations Act and indemnity costs (led by Penny Neskovcin KC, as her Honour then was).
Year
Acting for the plaintiff in a proceeding concerning the applicability of liquidated damages (led by Tim Margetts KC, with James Waters) (resolved prior to hearing)
Year
Acting for a third party in a series of proceedings arising out a defective industrial warehouse (led by Premala Thiagarajan SC, with Alissa Crittenden). Resolved after four weeks of trial.
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Acting for the Australian Children’s Choir in an oppression proceeding under the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 (unled)
Year
Acting for the defendant in an application to set aside a statutory demand; whether amount demanded was a statutory debt under SOPA (unled).
Year
Acting for the plaintiff in a successful application to set aside a statutory demand (unled)
Year
Acting for the successful claimant in a high-value ICC arbitration concerning the proper construction of particular contractual provisions, delay and related claims for payment (led by Nick Pane KC, with Brian Mason).
Year
Counsel
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This matter involved an application for leave to appeal against a custodial sentence.
Year
This matter involved a creditor’s petition.
Year
This matter involved a contempt application arising out of breaches of a freezing order.
Year
This matter involved an application for leave to intervene, and subsequent intervention, in a privilege dispute.
Year
This matter involved a statutory demand.
Counsel
COSTS – whether costs of unsuccessful appeal should be paid on an indemnity basis
Counsel
This matter was a class action concerning alleged breaches of Chapter 2L (resolved prior to hearing).
Counsel
This matter involved a derivative action concerning director and fiduciary duties (resolved prior to hearing).
