Defamation suit judgement summary

SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND CITATION: Sierocki & Anor v Klerck & Ors (No 2) [2015] QSC 92 PARTIES: JARROD SIEROCKI (first plaintiff) INSOLVENCY GUARDIAN PTY LTD ACN 149 298 313 (second plaintiff) v PAUL GRANT KLERCK (first defendant) INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ACN 068 003 805 (second defendant) SK & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD ACN…

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Family-owned office supply business with turnover of $15 million collapses

A family-owned office supplies business that employs 40 people in Western Australia has collapsed into voluntary administration. The McLernon Group has a sizeable piece of the Western Australian office supplies business market through its retail arm McLernons Everything Business, which is Officeworks’ number one competitor in Perth. But flat retail conditions in Perth have taken their toll…

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“Liquidators fees far too high”: Push for more creditors powers to sack dodgy liquidators

Creditors would have broader powers to sack dodgy liquidators, if changes being pushed by Nationals senator John Williams get through federal cabinet. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission previously said it would crack down on the industry after it received hundreds of reports of alleged misconduct concerning registered liquidators in 2011, but the move by Williams would…

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Government proposes to shake up insolvency industry by cutting red tape and clamping down on unscrupulous operators

Insolvency practitioners will be forced to jump through more hoops to gain registration if a draft bill by the federal government comes into law. The government released the exposure draft of its Insolvency Law Reform Bill 2014 on Friday, inviting interested parties to comment on its proposals by December 19. If adopted, the government says the bill will alter…

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Google sued by Brisbane businessman

A BRISBANE businessman who claims his reputation was sullied online by a former colleague has become the first person in Queensland to sue internet giant Google for defamation. Jarrod Sierocki, 31, will seek damages of $2.6 million and a court order that Google remove search results that link his name to a string of character…

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