Agricultural investors Phil Feitelson and Jacques Vorster have failed in a five-year pursuit of poultry Bartter Enterpri...
The full bottle: Bordeaux château flops Aussie wine injunction claim
A Bordeaux wine estate’s recent injunction claim against a Tasmanian winemaker has produced a rich blend of intrig...
Salt lamp business interest sale tangled in state ACL twist
The Australian Consumer Law scheduled to the federal Competition and Consumer Act applies to corporations engaged in tra...
Misleading financials: cheating the ATO or deceiving his buyers?
A business owner who provided potential buyers with impressive financial accounts that differed from the loss-making fig...
UFC fitness franchisees misled; win $6 mil from franchisor
The Australian distributor of UFC gym franchises has been dealt a blow by a court ruling that voids the sale of three lo...
Misleading artist’s impression: court cancels $10 mil luxury unit deal
The off-the-plan buyers of a luxury inner city high rise have convinced a court to void their $9.58 mil buy on the groun...
High Court rules “asset” loan to borrower with no capacity to repay, unconscionable
Asset lending is done on the basis of the value of the assets securing the loan without regard to the borrower’s capacit...
Agent & lawyer to pay buyer $100k for misleading representations over granny flat
A property novice who was enticed by an agent’s promise of ‘dual income’ generated from a granny flat has won damages fr...
Lies, lies and more lies: yacht sale misleading conduct termination bid sunk
A buyer who signed up for an as new 48’ Princess cruiser after inspecting it at a marina refused to pay the purchase pri...