Financial Services
CBA taken to court by ASIC over $21M in hidden CommBiz fees
The Commonwealth Bank has been dragged to court by the corporate regulator, accused of charging business customers millions of dollars in undisclosed fees for the past 19 years.
Class Actions
Judge rejects class action’s ‘absurd’ approach in Navy training case
A long-running class action by Royal Australian Navy technicians alleging the Department of Defence broke a promise to train them in engineering has lost its challenge to referees' methods for assessing group members' loss.
Employment
Shell defeats bid to access privileged Allens, Clayton Utz advice
Shell Energy has thwarted an application by an alleged whistleblower to see legal advice given by Allens, Clayton Utz and McCullough Robertson, with a judge rejecting claims that it was given in furtherance of a fraud or crime.
Employment
NAB to backpay $127M to underpaid staff
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News
ASIC wants $5.41M penalty for TelstraSuper’s late responses to complaints
ASIC wants $5.41 million in penalties over TelstraSuper's failure to respond to members complaints in a timely manner, while the superannuation fund is pushing for no penalty.
Justice Scott Goodman
Ex-Strongroom director ‘cut off at the knee’ by spending cap, court told
A former director of collapsed AI start-up Strongroom wants the cap on his living expenses removed or increased, telling the court he is unable to pay for legal expenses under the current $80,000 annual allowance.
Competition & Consumer Protection
Cotton On hit wth $19,800 penalty for product safety reporting breaches
Cotton On has paid $19,800 in penalties for allegedly failing to comply with mandatory safety reporting requirements on two occasions.
Competition & Consumer Protection
ACCC says Coles may not up prices, but offer less if IGA exits
The competition regulator has warned that Coles may pull back resources if an independent competitor in Kalgoorlie were forced to leave the market.
Class Actions
Jetstar employee worried about airline ‘getting in trouble with ACCC’, class action says
A Jetstar employee sent an internal email in 2020 saying that customers were to cash refunds and expressing worries about scrutiny from the consumer regulator, a class action over COVID-19 flight cancellations has alleged in an amended statement of claim.
Construction
Big Build royal commission slams VIDA for ‘unexplained’ redactions
The Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority has been sharply criticised by counsel assisting the royal commission into Victoria's Big Build after it provided heavily redacted documents.
