Keating on Behalf of the Wallara People, Clan of the Koko-Muluridji v State of Queensland [2024] FCA 1044
10-9-24 / Mei Barnes — Native Title & Cultural Heritage
The North Queensland Land Council successfully sought an order dismissing a native title determination application under s 190F of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). Mei Barnes appeared for the State of Queensland, supporting the application.
23-8-24 / Mei Barnes — Professional Negligence, Appellate
An appeal to the High Court of Australia concerning the duty of care owed in respect of pure economic loss. The appellant group members had purchased sorghum seed from the respondent distributor. The seed contained trace amounts of a shattering off-type plant. The group members commenced representative proceedings in the…
1-3-23 / Mei Barnes — Native Title & Cultural Heritage
The Applicant sought an extension of time and judicial review of a decision by a delegate of the Native Title Tribunal not to register the Applicant’s claim. The State of Queensland was the second respondent. The State resisted the application on the basis that the claim did not satisfy the…
This appeal concerned a class action commenced under Part 13A of the Civil Proceedings Act 2011 (Qld). The plaintiffs sought damages for pure economic loss caused by the defendants’ allegedly negligent production of sorghum seeds. The plaintiffs failed at trial on the basis that no duty of care was owed.…
Jolan Pty Ltd v Essential Investments Pty Ltd (No 3) [2022] FCA 1627
21-12-21 / Stewart Webster, Mei Barnes — Corporations
In this oppression case in the Federal Court of Australia, a shareholder and investor in a coffee wholesaling business sought and obtained orders to be bought out at a favourable valuation. The plaintiff succeeded in establishing that it had been unfairly excluded from management, unfairly deprived of relevant information concerning…
