Fair Trading Act 1986
Acted in major litigation in relation to the sale of an IT platform to the stock exchange of New Zealand (NZX Limited) between 2011 and 2016; alleging misrepresentation, breaches of warranty and false and misleading statements in breach of the Fair Trading Act 1986 claiming damages in excess of $45million and counterclaim for balance of […]
Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Hassan James Khouri & Nadia Khouri [1998] VSC 128
Acted on behalf of Nadia Khouri (nee Horkings) to obtain a grant of Legal Aid to successfully defend a claim against the Commonwealth Bank for judgement and possession of her home. Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Hassan James Khouri & Nadia Khouri [1998] VSC 128.
Herbert Elliot v The Age Company Ltd [2006] VSC 358
Acted for high profile sports figure in defamation proceedings where a publication wrongfully alleged insider trading.
Perpetual Trustees Australia Limited v Schmidt & Anor [2009] VSC 508
Acted pro bono on behalf of a retiree who was duped into investing in a property syndicate by a conman who was eventually imprisoned for his conduct. The civil proceedings ran to trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria and the Court found that an interest in a unit trust is capable of supporting a […]
Lanciana v Alderuccio [2019] VSC 198
Acted in Supreme Court proceedings in a case which ultimately found that the defendants as solicitors acting as agents in lodging caveats were not ’a person’ lodging a caveat with the Registrar for the purposes of s118 the Transfer of Land Act 1958.
Great Southern Group Class Action
Acted on behalf of two former directors in a Supreme Court class action brought by investors of a plantation scheme alleging, inter alia, that statements made in product disclosure statements were misleading and deceptive which case ran to trial for over 90 days. This matter resulted in a $23m settlement.