Commercial Law Update - Insurers on the hook - CGU Insurance Limited v Blakeley & Ors [2016]
Commercial LawHigh Court holds that insurers of insolvent companies can be joined to proceedings commenced by third parties against those companies
Commercial Law Update - Court of Appeal rejects public policy defence to enforcement of international arbitration award
Commercial ArbitrationThe Victorian Court of Appeal swiftly heard & rejected an application for leave to appeal in which Joseph Gutnick sought to resist enforcement of an arbitration award
Property Law Update - Court approves ambitious modification
Commercial LawThe Supreme Court of Victoria has approved one of the most ambitious modifications to date in a contested case, approving a four unit development on a parcel of land of 978sqm
Intellectual Property Law Update - Blurred Lines: Pharrell Williams et al v Bridgeport Music et al
Intellectual PropertyLet me fill you in on the biggest musical case of the twenty-first century
Commercial Law Update - Proportionate liability meets the statute of limitations
Commercial LawAdams v Clark Homes Pty Ltd (Building and Property) [2015] VCAT 1658
Commercial Law Update - High Court clarifies when “surrounding circumstances” may be used to construe a contract
Commercial LawThe High Court has now provided some clarity by unequivocally stating that “surrounding circumstances” may only be used to construe a written contract when “ambiguity” is present
Intellectual Property Case Update - Close but no cigar
Intellectual Propertys 123 provides parallel-importer with defence to trade mark infringement despite repackaging
Tax & Insolvency Update - Bell Group & post-liquidation garnishee notices
Commercial LawThe Bell Group Limited (in liq) v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [2015] FCA 1056
Intellectual Property Law Update - MALTITOS not deceptively similar to MALTESERS
Intellectual PropertyThe Chocolate Malt Balls War resumed with Mars (maker of Maltesers) seeking to prevent Delfi (a competitor) from registering the word MALTITOS as a trade mark