Paper Heavy Litigation
It has been a busy week compiling affidavits for a couple of court cases we are dealing with. One I was working on the other day for a Magistrates Court matter included a 69 page spreadsheet! This was to help us prove that a leased business premise was predominantly used for the sale of goods […]
I was at a Supreme Court mediation yesterday trying to resolve a long-running dispute. I’m afraid that the enemy just wasted our time. This was a third attempt. On the first attempt we thought we had a resolution to the dispute with my client agreeing to pay a 6 figure amount to go away. Unfortunately, […]
Lots of Litigation
We are flat out at the moment with: A major Supreme Court matter with a hearing next week; A district court and a magistrates court hearing tomorrow; and 2 arbitrations with relatively short time tables, … all running at once! We like keeping busy 🙂
Company Dispute
We started dealing with another company dispute this week. Our client has been left to run the business on his own for over a year without any help from his co-shareholders and directors. They have accused him of taking more than his entitlements and seek leave to take action on behalf of the company against […]
Employment Dispute
I saw a new client before my one week break. He’d been sacked out of the blue. It was clearly an unfair dismissal and he was under the Fair Work Australia $129,300 threshold, but he was paid 4 months’ salary in lieu of notice and the maximum payout is 6 months, less legal fees, so it […]