Jarrod Corbett

Acted for insurer as intervenor in a class action concerning consumer warranties: Evans v Davantage Group Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] FCA 473 (Federal Court, led by Jeremy Slattery QC)

Represented a group of more than 40 financial advisory firms in a dispute with Westpac and various subsidiaries regarding claims arising from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (unled)

Oppression proceedings between shareholders in a business operating medical centres: Re Ekera Medical Pty Ltd (Supreme Court, led by Dr Andrew Hanak QC)

Professional liability proceedings regarding tax advice: Rowsthorn v Nexus Pty Ltd (Supreme Court, led by Chris Archibald QC)

Wirefreebroadband Pty Ltd & Golden IT Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Limited acting for Telstra defending claims by wholesale customers, including resisting multiple applications for interim and final injunctions (VCAT, unled)

Facility Management Victoria Pty Ltd v Hoskins & Ors - acting for the plaintiff in respect of termination and breach of facilities management contract (County Court, unled)

Acted for Treasury Wine Estates Limited in shareholder class actions in the Federal Court and Supreme Court of Victoria relating to alleged breaches of disclosure obligations

Acted for Primary Health Care Limited and subsidiaries in three Supreme Court of Victoria proceedings against Healthscope Limited relating to breaches of exclusivity obligations under leases at five hospitals

Acted for a mining exploration company and its directors in Supreme Court of NSW proceedings involving competing allegations of breaches of directors’ duties, oppression of minority shareholders and breaches of takeovers rules

Acted for Telstra in a dispute with a wholesale customer and major retailers in respect of termination of a supply contract for wholesale mobile services, including urgent injunction proceedings in the Federal Court and associated appeals

Acted for EnergyAustralia in a dispute regarding the sale of a major gas infrastructure asset to QIC

Acted for NAB in a shareholder class action relating to an alleged failure to disclose NAB’s exposure to collateralised debt obligations

Acted for Primary Health Care Limited in respect of potential relocation of certain diagnostic imaging and pathology businesses including in judicial review proceedings in the Federal Court

Acted for a person of interest in a high-profile investigation and public inquiry by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption into the issuing of coal exploration licences

Acted for Telstra in respect of the management of end-user claims arising from a significant telecommunications network outage and on a related threatened class action

Acted for the owner/operator of a freight hub and business park in Supreme Court of Victoria proceedings against a cornerstone tenant regarding the validity and termination of a lease

Acted for an energy network operator in a dispute with an electricity distributor regarding the terms upon which an agreement to operate an electricity network might be terminated, including a commercial arbitration and associated contract renegotiation

Acted for Telstra in the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission

Acted for an electricity distribution company in an appeal to the Australian Competition Tribunal in respect of new metering infrastructure

Acted for Telstra in a shareholder class action involving allegations of contraventions of Australian securities laws, being one of the first major shareholder class actions in Australia 

Acted for Mayne/Symbion, the largest creditor of Pan Pharmaceuticals, in relation to the Pan Pharmaceuticals crisis and liquidation

Acted for the State of Victoria and its instrumentalities in a class action in respect of a cessation of gas supply in Victoria following an explosion at Esso’s Longford gas plant