Michael Meek J was appointed to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in late 2022 after more than two decades at the equity bar. 138 published judgments since. No decision overturned on appeal. Several already cited as authority by the Court of Appeal. “When you’d buy vinyl, you’d have this lovely-sized object with a …
A $3 billion company is being forced to rebrand in its home market after years of trademark infringement, and the honest concurrent use defence it relied upon has been decisively rejected by the High Court. This decision isn’t just a corporate cautionary tale; it’s a warning to any business that has ever assumed a name …
There is an old joke among insolvency lawyers that the only people who profit from a winding up are the liquidators. The recent decision of Brereton J in Segal v Sharma; In the matter of South West Radiology Pty Ltd (No 3) [2026] NSWSC 543, handed down on 18 May 2026, does little to dispel …
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