Adam Coote

Zhou -v- Languillar [2023] (County Court of Victoria) (misleading and deceptive conduct concerning the purchase of a business) (unled)

Environmental Services Group Pty Ltd -v- Industra Coat Pty Ltd & Ors [2023] (County Court of Victoria) (restraint of trade – breach of contract – breach of guarantee – rectification of contract - professional negligence of solicitors) (led by Travis Mitchell)

Tomolo -v- Taylor Preston Lawyers Pty Ltd & Ors [2022] (County Court of Victoria) (professional negligence of solicitors – failure to issue proceedings within limitation period – proportionate liability) (unled)

Sirmersan Marble Industries Joint Stock Company -v- Attila’s Natural Stone & Tile Pty Ltd [2022] (County Court of Victoria) (breach of contract – international shipment of products - Free on Board shipping term) (unled)

Blair -v- Cooper [2022] (County Court of Victoria) (injunction preventing interference with Sheriff regarding Warrant of Seizure of Sale) (unled)

Fischer’s Cleaning Pty Ltd -v- Project Ux Pty Ltd [2021] (County Court of Victoria) (breach of contract for professional services – misleading and deceptive conduct) (unled)

Waugh -v- Constable Connor & Co Pty Ltd & Anor [2021] (County Court of Victoria) (freezing order – ancillary order – oral examination of judgment debtor – breach of undertaking to Victorian Legal Services Board - installment order pursuant to s 6 of the Judgment Debt Recovery Act 1984 (Vic)) (unled)

Flexirent Capital Pty Ltd -v- SFM Trucking Pty Ltd & Ors [2020] (County Court of Victoria) (chattel mortgage – guarantee and indemnity – failure to mitigate loss – unconscionable conduct – provision of financial services and unconscionable conduct under s 12CB of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth)) (unled)

Ultra Lending Pty Ltd -v- 462 Victoria Parade Pty Ltd & Ors [2020] (County Court of Victoria) (breach of contract – mortgage – professional negligence of solicitor – misleading and deceptive conduct – proportionate liability) (unled)

Castrol Australia Pty Ltd -v- Freer [2019] (County Court of Victoria) (breach of contract – trade fund agreement – breach of guarantee and indemnity) (unled)

Enwerd Pty Ltd -v- Corser & Corser [2018] (County Court of Victoria) (retail lease – guarantee and indemnity – penalty clause – unconscionable conduct) (unled)

Delta Downs Pty Ltd -v- CS Accounting and Taxation Pty Ltd & Ors [2014] (County Court of Victoria) (breach of retainer – breach of fiduciary duty – professional negligence by accountant and financial planner) (led by Stephen Marantelli)

Dover Financial Advisers Pty Ltd -v- HN Law Pty Ltd & Ors [2020] (Supreme Court of Victoria) (professional negligence of solicitors – misleading and deceptive conduct – proportionate liability) (led by Andrew Panna QC)

Samoiloff -v- Grandiflora Nurseries Pty Ltd [2018] (Supreme Court of Victoria) (s 109 appeal from the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria regarding a statutory compensation claim – ss 39 & 40 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 (Vic) – no evidence to support a finding of fact – procedural fairness – rule in Browne & Dunn) (led by Stephen O’Meara QC)

Charalambous -v- Burgess [2017] (Supreme Court of Victoria) (application for freezing order – risk of dissipation of assets) (unled)

Chalmers -v- Registrar of Titles [2015] (Supreme Court of Victoria) (breach of finance contract – breach of fiduciary duty – fraud – misleading and deceptive conduct – unconscionable conduct) (led by Caroline Kenny QC and Michael Seelig)

Ozmen -v- ABI Transport [2014] (Supreme Court of Victoria) (s 109 appeal from the Magistrates’ Court regarding a statutory compensation claim and whether a medical panel opinion was binding) (plaintiff discontinued the proceeding) (unled)

Tien -v- Pho [2014] (Supreme Court of Victoria) (s 148 appeal from VCAT regarding proper construction of s 233 of the Property Law Act 1958 (Vic)) (unled)

Anderson & Parslow -v- Angelopoulas [2014] (Supreme Court of Victoria) (s 148 appeal from VCAT - apprehended bias – natural justice – costs order) (unled)

Jackson -v- The Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2014] (Supreme Court of Victoria – Court of Appeal) (appeal from the County Court regarding refusal to grant a stay of proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cth) pending a criminal trial) (led by Caroline Kenny QC)

Hopkins -v- Hopkins [2014] (Supreme Court of Victoria) (s 148 appeal from VCAT - adequacy of reasons – offers of compromise - costs order) (unled)

Guss -v- Boroondara City Council [2012] (Supreme Court of Victoria) (s 109 appeal from the Magistrates’ Court) (unled)

Sen -v- Raymond Francis Barrett In His Capacity As Liquidator Of Senler Investments Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) [2021] (Federal Court of Australia) (application for a stay or termination of the winding up of a company) (unled)

Mann -v- Condon [2016] (Federal Court of Australia) (statutory interpretation – ss 149A and 149N of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) – whether bankrupt discharged from bankruptcy) (unled)

Philippiadis -v- TAC [2016] (Supreme Court of Victoria – Court of Appeal) (appeal from the County Court of Victoria against the dismissal of serious injury applications pursuant to s 93 of the Transport Accident Act 1986 (Vic) – clinical records as evidence – adequacy of reasons) (led by Andrew Clements QC)