Gregory Drew appeared for debenture holders in Smith v Australian Executor Trustees [2018] NSWSC 1584, in which the Court approved settlement of their class action related to the collapse of Provident Capital Ltd. The Court observed that there is “no reason to think that the case could have been settled for any greater sum”. Gregory appeared for the debenture holders throughout the litigation.
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Christopher Barry KC is appearing for families in the Federal Court class action against Malaysian Airlines relating to the aircraft shot down over Ukraine, recently discussed on ABC Law Report’s Suing Foreign States for Wrongful Deaths.
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Sheila Kaur-Bains has been listed in Women in Tax Leaders (4th edition) in the International Tax Review.
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Peter Wood appeared for Investa Listed Funds Management Ltd in judicial advice proceedings related to the proposed acquisition of Investa Office Fund by Blackstone Group LP ([2018] NSWSC 1362; [2018] NSWSC 1369).
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Christopher Palmer presented at Legalwise’s Complex Conveyancing Masterclass. The presentation addressed key issues related to the operation of the NSW Supreme Court Real Property List and the real property options case Brannigan v Smith [2017] NSWSC 1201; (2017) 18 BPR 37,193 in which he appeared for the successful plaintiff.
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Nishad Kulkarni presented to Norton Rose Fulbright on Corporate Trustee Liquidations. The presentation addressed key issues in light of recent authorities, including Amerind ([2018] VSCA 41) and Killarnee ([2018] FCAFC 40).
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Benjamin Zipser appeared for the appellant in Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] HCA 34, the latest High Court authority on jurisdictional error in administrative decisions.
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Benjamin Zipser appeared for the successful parties in complex NSW Supreme Court and Court of Appeal real property litigation ([2017] NSWSC 446; [2017] NSWSC 583; [2018] NSWSC 381; [2018] NSWSC 566; [2018] NSWSC 567; [2018] NSWSC 1063; [2018] NSWCA 185; [2018] NSWSC 1492), which concerned issues of fraud, specific performance, caveats, restraints against the Registrar-General and possession.
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Christopher Palmer was on an expert panel at the Lexvoco Sydney In-house Legal Operations Masterclass. The panel discussed innovative ways to deal with disputes, including direct briefing, resourcing options, project management and technology tools.
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Benjamin Zipser appeared pro bono for the successful applicant in Maioha v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 1016, which concerned judicial review of the Minister’s cancellation of a New Zealand citizen’s visa on character grounds.