Insurance & Mortgage Disputes, Recent Results 02 Aug 2021 Can an insurer deny claims for business interruption due to COVID-19 under a pre-pandemic policy? In a recent decision, the NSW Court of Appeal has ruled it cannot! Overview Two businesses made claims for business interuption under their respective policies of insurance issued by HDI Global Speciality SE ("HDI") and The Hollard Insurance Company Pty Ltd ("Hollard"). The… Cogent Lawyers
Wills Probates & Estates 30 Aug 2017 Wills Probate and Estates Results Background: Our client was one of a few adult siblings. Her father was suffering dementia, and other family members sought to take advantage of him by getting him to change… Cogent Lawyers
Employment Law 30 Aug 2017 Employment Law Results Background: Our client a senior executive of a government organisation for over 15 years was advised that his current secondment position in NSW would not be renewed and he would… Cogent Lawyers
Conveyancing & Property Law 30 Aug 2017 Conveyancing and Property Law Results Background: A lender had commenced supreme court proceedings against our clients seeking to obtain an order from the court to take possession of their house and sell it pursuant to… Cogent Lawyers
Civil and Consumer Law 30 Aug 2017 Civil and Consumer Law Results Background: Our client purchased a vehicle from people referred to him by an acquaintance. 10 months later the vehicle was repossessed by a finance company. Our client had made the… Cogent Lawyers
Insurance & Mortgage Disputes 22 Aug 2017 Insurance and Mortgage Disputes Results We acted for 2 elderly beneficiaries under a will bequeathed interests in land of an estate which was transferred to the wife of the executor that died intestate by a… Cogent Lawyers
Commercial & Corporate Law 22 Aug 2017 Commercial & Corporate Law Results Our client a NSW based nation wide seller of truck parts and engines was accused of supplying goods not fit for their purpose. the Plaintiff had commenced proceedings in the… Cogent Lawyers
Debt Recovery & Defence 22 Aug 2017 Debt Recovery & Defence Results Our client was sued for damage to a motor vehicle due to an accident he had whilst employed as a delivery driver we defended him and relied on the Employees Liability Act 1991.… Cogent Lawyers
Criminal Law 22 Aug 2017 Criminal Law Results Criminal Law Result Background: Our client Mr X was charged with affray and assaulting a police officer during New Years Eve 2012. The Officer in charge was also the alleged… Cogent Lawyers
Insights 06 Apr 2016 Small Business and Unfair Contract Terms – Learn how this will impact your business! The Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair Contract Terms) Act 2015 ("The Act") commences on 12 November 2016. The Act modifies the Australian Consumer Law Act 2010 ("ACL"), and… Cogent Lawyers
Insights 09 Apr 2014 Strata Law – Claims Against Builder Negligence Win for owners corporation against builder The Mantra Chatswood Hotel, a serviced apartment business managing units in a strata plan, brought a claim for negligence against the apartment’s builder, Brookfield… Cogent Lawyers
Insights 23 Nov 2013 Tax disputes Alternative dispute resolution If an objection to a tax assessment is disallowed by the ATO a taxpayer can refer the decision to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal or Federal Court, abandon… Cogent Lawyers
Insights 23 Nov 2013 Social media sales Money can’t buy my ‘Like’ Significant revenue can be made from social media accounts but buying them from another business is neither legally nor practically straightforward. When it comes to… Cogent Lawyers
Insights 23 Nov 2013 Residential Property Letting Many holiday-house lettings illegal Hundreds of central coast holiday home-rentals have been exposed as unlawful by a recent court decision. A court has found that renting out a home in… Cogent Lawyers
Insights 23 Nov 2013 Who counts as a parent? Family Court holds conflicting views In two recent cases involving sperm donors, one an IVF case, the other a commercial surrogacy arrangement, the family court arrived at conflicting conclusions about… Cogent Lawyers
Insights 23 Nov 2013 Security interests Register your security interests A new court decision has found that the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) is the final word on security interests in personal property. The case involved… Cogent Lawyers
Insights 23 Nov 2013 LinkedIn & the dangers of social media Sacked for soliciting clients An employee was dismissed after advertising his private company to contacts on LinkedIn. An interior designer was employed by a national architecture and design company and,… Cogent Lawyers
Insights 23 Nov 2013 Medical negligence- doctors failure to warn Doctor’s duty to warn A doctor’s duty to warn of inherent risks of a procedure is to protect the patient from injury that is unacceptable to them and a common… Cogent Lawyers
Insights 23 Nov 2013 Bullying at work Commission warns against “excessive sensitivity” Individuals have a relatively high threshold to attain in order to establish workplace bullying. In the case, a recruitment coordinator team leader was sacked for… Cogent Lawyers
Insights 23 Nov 2013 Intellectual property Disputed territory – protecting domain names A recent court decision highlights the difficulties of protecting domain names from exploitation by competitors. REA Group Ltd (REA) owns the domain names realestate.com.au… Cogent Lawyers
