Category: Case

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.

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.

Michelle Hirschhorn appeared for the successful applicant in Australian Workers’ Union v BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 80, which concerned superannuation entitlements of employees under various awards and enterprise agreements.

Christopher Palmer appeared for the successful applicant in Lets Go Adventures Pty Ltd v Barrett [2018] NSWCA 2, which concerned post-appeal worldwide asset freezing and disclosure orders.

Christopher Palmer appeared for the successful applicant in Zaki v Better Buildings Constructions Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 1522, the first NSW Supreme Court authority applying the Civil Liability (Third Party Claims Against Insurers) Act 2017 (NSW). The decision concerned joining an insurer to proceedings and the onus in relation to time limitations.

Christopher Palmer appeared for the successful plaintiff in Brannigan v Smith [2017] NSWSC 1201; (2017) 18 BPR 37,193, which concerned an agreement containing an option to purchase real property and the exercise of the option.

Peter Wood appeared for Harris Farm in Woolworths Ltd v About Life Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 1117, which concerned competing claims to a lease in Double Bay.

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).

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).

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.