Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
JPM Lawyers Pty Ltd v Barfly's Nominees Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1404 File number(s): VID 640 of 2020
Judgment of: O'BRYAN J
Date of judgment: 28 September 2020
Date of publication of reasons: 30 September 2020
Catchwords: PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – sum of money payable on settlement of legal proceedings – dispute over amounts due to legal practitioners – application for order that part of settlement monies be paid into Court pending determination of amount due to legal practitioners
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Schedule 2 (Australian Consumer Law), s 18 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), rr 14.11(2), 17.02 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014 (Vic)
Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57 Barfly's Nominees Pty Ltd v Kliger Partners (A Firm) [2019] VSCA 256 Brentwood Village Limited (in liq) v Terrigal Grosvenor Lodge Pty Limited (No 2) [2015] FCA 944 Warner-Lambert Co LLC v Apotex Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 59; (2014) 311 ALR 632
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Commercial Contracts, Banking, Finance and Insurance
Number of paragraphs: 27
Date of hearing: 28 September 2020
Counsel for the Applicant Mr B Murphy
Solicitor for the Applicant JPM Lawyers Pty Ltd
Solicitor for the Respondents Mr J Broadbent of Broadbent Legal
ORDERS VID 640 of 2020
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