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Lawyers can advance potential new class action against Scenic Tours over disrupted European cruises
Class Actions 2019-09-27 8:20 pm By Amelia Birnie

Lawyers pursuing a class action against Scenic Tours on behalf of passengers whose European cruises were interrupted by severe flooding have been granted preliminary discovery […]

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‘State of warfare’: Ashurst partner in legal deadlock with ex-judge neighbour in long-running Point Piper dispute
Corporate 2019-09-27 8:02 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge has urged a partner at Big Six firm Ashurst not to “keep a fight going just because you can’t let it go”, after […]

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Coles’ $40M tax claim on evaporated fuel ‘artificial’, judge rules
Tax 2019-09-26 8:50 pm By Amelia Birnie

Supermarket giant Coles has lost an appeal over $40 million in tax credits it had claimed for fuel that evaporated or leaked from tanks at […]

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Yes whey: ACCC signs off on Saputo-Lion dairy acquisition
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-09-26 12:30 pm By Amelia Birnie

The competition watchdog has given Canadian dairy producer Saputo the green light to acquire Australian competitor Lion Dairy’s cheese processing plants, but has warned any […]

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‘We have a right to a fair trial’: ANZ criminal cartel defendant slams CDPP’s lack of detail
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-09-25 3:38 pm By Amelia Birnie

Lawyers for former Citigroup executive Stephen Roberts have complained that prosecutors have failed to provide a “shred of material” to explain his alleged involvement in […]

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Businessman Charif Kazal gets last chance to fix ‘incomprehensible’ case against Gilbert + Tobin
Corporate 2019-09-24 7:48 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge has given Sydney businessman Charif Kazal a third and final opportunity to replead his “simply incomprehensible” case against Gilbert + Tobin over the […]

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I can’t believe it’s not milk: Vitasoy wins right to trade mark ‘Growing Milk’ slogan
Intellectual Property 2019-09-24 4:32 pm By Amelia Birnie

Dairy giant Fonterra has lost its bid to stop Vitasoy from registering its slogan ‘Growing Milk Since 1940’ as a trade mark, after unsuccessfully arguing […]

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Nanny paid $2.33 an hour was not employee but ‘guest’ of CEO’s family, court told
Employment 2019-09-24 1:25 pm By Amelia Birnie

A major property development CEO accused of paying his Filipino nanny $2.33 an hour has denied underpayment allegations, instead claiming the woman was a “guest […]

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Provisional liquidators appointed to Merlin Diamonds to investigate concerns of ‘serious mismanagement’
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-09-23 8:55 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge has appointed provisional liquidators to ‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick’s mining company Merlin Diamonds, after finding evidence of “serious mismanagement” and citing an urgent need […]

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VW reaches in-principle dieselgate agreement with ACCC
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-09-23 2:10 pm By Amelia Birnie

Volkswagen is nearing the end of the road of the dieselgate scandal in Australia, as the car company agrees to an in-principle resolution of enforcement […]

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