Patricia Matthews
King & Wood Mallesons
Articles
Franchisees fail in their class action against Pizza Hut
Australia - April 4 2016 On 5 February 2016, the Federal Court of Australia in Diab Pty Ltd v YUM! Restaurants Australia Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 43 dismissed the claims made...
Court approval of Great Southern settlement sees the plaintiffs avoid a comprehensive failure
Australia - December 23 2014 On 11 December 2014, Justice Croft of the Victorian Supreme Court delivered judgment approving the settlement of multiple class actions brought by…
Lawyer driven class actions – a potential abuse of process
Australia - March 24 2015 In a judgment handed down just prior to Christmas, the Victorian Court of Appeal has held that it is an abuse of process to commence a class action…
Australian Court allows indirect causation for shareholder claims
Australia - April 26 2016 An investor buys shares in a listed company on market. They do so without reading the company's recently released accounts or undertaking any other…
Effect of liquidator’s disclaimer of a lease
Australia - September 7 2012 The recent decision of the Victorian Court of Appeal in Re Willmott Forests Limited (Receivers and Managers appointed) (in liquidation) [2012] VSCA 202 gives liquidators comfort when disclaiming leases (as the liquidator of a landlord) pursuant to s 568(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (‘the Act’).
