Peter Wood appeared for Ares Management LP and Ascribe II Investments LLC in In the matter of Boart Longyear Ltd (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 1105 in support of Boart Longyear Limited’s application for approval of altered schemes of arrangement pursuant to section 411 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
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Sheila Kaur-Bains appeared for the successful Chief Commissioner in Chief Commissioner of State Revenue v Smeaton Grange Holdings Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 184, which concerned the effect of disclaimers by an object of a discretionary trust on the operation of the grouping provisions in the Payroll Tax Act 2007 (NSW).
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Christopher Palmer represented the successful first respondent in the High Court’s disposition of an application for special leave to appeal ([2017] HCASL 119) from the NSW Court of Appeal’s latest word on contractual construction and Sanderson Orders, Zhang v ROC Services (NSW) Pty Ltd; NTI Ltd v Zhang [2016] NSWCA 370; (2016) 93 NSWLR 561. Christopher appeared on the appeal and at trial.
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Mark Auld appeared for the successful respondents in Lan v Kaymet Corporation Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 52, which concerned assessment of the compensation to be awarded pursuant to the usual undertaking as to damages.
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John Hyde Page appeared for the successful administrators in One Steel Manufacturing Pty Ltd (administrators appointed) [2017] NSWSC 21, which concerned defective registration under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth).
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Nishad Kulkarni appeared successfully against senior counsel in Commissioner for the AFP v Agius [2016] NSWSC 1695, which concerned whether a proposed transfer of mortgage would contravene a restraining order made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth).
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The Honourable Ian Vitaly Gzell, a former Justice of the NSW Supreme Court, Queen’s Counsel and 5 Selborne Head of Chambers, has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to the judiciary, to estate and trust law, to the advancement of professional development and to the performing arts.
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Benjamin Zipser has co-authored the leading practitioner text, Professional Liability in Australia (3rd edition).