In this case, the Federal Court held that including a retention of title clause in standard terms and conditions is sufficient to give rise to a security interest and provide a defence to a recovery claim by a liquidator.

The law of defamation traditionally relates to printed statements, such as a newspaper articles or ‘tell-all’ books. However, defamatory statements are increasingly made online and can be accessed repeatedly by readers. 

A claimant liquidator was allowed to join the defendants’ insurer to the proceeding, in circumstances where the defendants were not going to pursue the insurance claim. This case may open up several new ways to utilise a defendant’s insurance, and Sladen Legal has some creative ways this decision can be used to plaintiffs’ benefit.

The Court ordered costs against stakeholders in the plaintiff’s camp and stated that insolvency of a plaintiff insolvency weighs in favour of a cost order against a non-party supporting or directing it.