Atanaskovic Hartnell in High Court of Australia successful (5:2) appeal opposition in February 2025, retaining appeal success (2:1) in December 2023, in NSW Court of Appeal, in litigation against Birketu and WIN Corporation of AH rights to recover legal costs of AH's successful million dollars debt recovery at first instance in NSW Supreme Court against Birketu and WIN Corporation in August 2020.
Atanaskovic Hartnell Corporate Services successful (3:0) appeal in October 2024 to Full Court of Federal Court of Australia, setting aside entirely of Federal Circuit Court decision in litigation initiated by former general manager EM Kelly, including quashing entirely of awards of alleged contact damages and alleged entitlements under Fair Work Act, flawed penalties, legal costs and interest awards, culminating in full and final dismissal by second Federal Circuit Court (comprising its Chief Judge) of each and every Kelly claim, and repayment entirely of all alleged Kelly damages, FWA entitlements, penalties, and costs award payments, and interest thereon, of over $425k by Kelly.
Atanaskovic Hartnell successful resistance to appeal in July 2024 in NSW Supreme Court by Nicholas Bolton against AH's successful $385k legal costs assessments against Bolton and his company Australian Style Holdings.
Acting for SSG Ares Hong Kong/Singapore hedge fund in relation to its multi-million dollar Supreme Court claim for non-payment of dividends and other moneys by WICET entities conducting port facilities in Gladstone, culminating in a full hearing of the claim, and then settlement, including a full disinvestment by SSG in WICET.
Seven Network expert determination under its Media Rights Agreement with Cricket Australia, reducing Seven’s rights fees payable, and in relation to a possible claim for damages by Seven against CA, including a successful pre-action discovery action by Seven in the Federal Court of Australia for CA to produce for review by Seven CA’s communications with the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Foxtel and the Tasmanian Government and other Australian government departments and entities.
Domino's Pizza Enterprises regarding a class action in the Federal Court of Australia on behalf of certain in store and delivery employees.
Parnell Pharmaceuticals in relation to a claim against its former CEO for breach of duty, including complicated Fair Work Act and other actions, and an appeal, in the Federal Court of Australia at first instance and Full Court levels.
WIN Corproration in novel litigation regarding live internet streaming of TV content at first instance and in Court of Appeal.
Australian Container Freight Services on application for a court injunction against $9 billion Qube/Brookfield break-up of Asciano, and then successful settlement thereof involving acquisition of other half of ACFS.
Seven West Media against the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police in the quashing of five search warrants and four assistance orders, and the return of documents wrongly seized by the AFP pursuant to the purported warrants.
Consolidated Press and Publishing and Broadcasting and Messrs James Packer and Peter Yates in litigation against the Special Purpose Liquidator (SPL) of One.Tel, most recently for Mr Yates in having certain orders for extension of time for service of the SPL's statement of claim for damages discharged, and in consequence the proceedings dismissed in May 2011, and subsequently successfully opposing both the SPL's application for leave to appeal/appeal to the court of Appeal and the SPL's application for special leave to appeal to the High Court.
Four former non-executive directors of James Hardie Industries (including on an appeal to the NSW Court of Appeal and then the High Court of Australia) in relation to civil penalty proceedings brought against them by ASIC - see some of the extensive media coverage of the appeal decision in this case at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/asic-under-fire-as-hardie-directors-win-appeal/story-e6frg8zx-1225972952460 and http://www.smh.com.au/business/exhardie-directors-get-ban-overturned-20101217-190ss.html.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in a successful damages claim against Macquarie Infrastructure Group and Intoll, securing a payment of A$20 million for Teachers.
International Finance Trust Company against the NSW Crime Commission, first in the NSW Court of Appeal in quashing of certain ex parte restraining/freezing orders made by the NSW Supreme Court on the application of the Commission, and then in the High Court of Australia in having certain legislation purportedly conferring power to make such restraining/freezing orders by the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional and invalid.
Successfully defending several high profile directors in relation to criminal and civil proceedings brought against them by ASIC.
Genesys Wealth Advisers in obtaining an injunction (at first instance and then confirmed on appeal to the Court of Appeal of the NSW Supreme Court) restraining a former managing director from breaching a lengthy trade restraint of 30 months.
FTSE 100 Antofagasta plc, in the successful defence of NSW Supreme Court proceedings for claims in excess of A$100 million, and related Norwich Pharmacal proceedings in the High Court of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in October 2008, and "preliminary discovery" proceedings in NSW Supreme Court.
WIN Corporation in relation to its successful court challenge halting the shareholder meetings to approve the sale by Sunraysia of Swan TV to PBL Media, and the subsequent bid for and acquisition of Swan TV by WIN Corporation.
Glencore International AG's landmark successful challenge to the jurisdiction of the Takeovers Panel (including 5 related Takeovers Panel proceedings, and 2 related proceedings in High Court and Federal Court of Australia successfully quashing the Takeovers Panel's orders).