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ASIC, ASX, Costs, Directors, Judgment, Liquidations, Liquidators, Litigation, Litigation Funding 26 November 2021

Failed appeal follows imprudent refusal

Hall Chadwick partner Blair Pleash. When you’re being funded to pursue litigation, it’s not difficult to double down and appeal after a stinging loss. For Hall Chadwick partner Blair Pleash, trying to cajole a ceasefire from the bowels of defeat has meant being bitten twice in a month after the Federal Court of Appeal last week dismissed his bid to overturn a ruling rejecting his…

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Costs, Judgment, Liquidators, Litigation, Receivership, Social/Professional 13 October 2021

Half mill in costs pending after attack on receiver fails

Farshad Amirbeaggi. Mackay Goodwin principal Domenic Calabretta. Image courtesy Mackay Goodwin. A liquidator’s estimate of a return to creditors of between 51 cents and 100 cents in the dollar may have been imperilled after attempts to appoint a receiver to sell a luxury property in Bali were rejected by the courts. In failing to have a receiver appointed Hayes Advisory principal and liquidator of Sirrah…