Peter Banco

Counting the cost

Australia - December 22 2014 The High Court recently considered the entitlement to financial administration expenses where a plaintiff's impairment requires damages…

Ray Giblett

Litigation funding – is the regime about to change?

Australia - February 28 2014 The present class action system in Australia is an attractive model to potential plaintiffs compared with other jurisdictions around the world, yet a…

Nicole Wearne

The calculation of a sum insured expressed to be net of GST: Mattress Innovations Pty Ltd v Suncorp Metway Insurance Limited [2013] QCA 377

Australia - February 25 2014 Mattress Innovations challenged Suncorp's construction of clause 16, arguing that any 1/11th deduction for ITC should have been applied first when…

Sub-limits need to be drawn to a client’s attention

Australia - July 18 2013 Strategic Property Holdings No 3 Pty Ltd (Strategic) was the owner of a property in the Australian Capital Territory known as the Australian Defence…