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A judge has delayed mediation in a suit alleging Westpac fired its former head of risk after complaints of alleged fraud at its RAMS unit.
The operator of online gambling sites Ladbrokes and Neds has been taken to court by AUSTRAC for alleged “systemic” money laundering compliance failures.
Maurice Blackburn should provide $1.77 million in security in a class action over add-on insurance because the firm faces high risks in other class actions which could affect its ability to cover an adverse costs order, a court has heard.
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Engineering firm Destec has lost its bid to throw out a trade secrets case by Mineral Resources, with a judge giving the mining giant another chance to particularise its claims.
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The builders involved in Adelaide's $1.85 billion Royal Adelaide Hospital have lost their appeal of a decision blocking their bid to access documents from the state government on parliamentary privilege grounds.
Former state Liberal MP Moira Deeming has won $300,000 in damages against Victorian party leader John Pesutto over statements found to have falsely conveyed she had links to neo-Nazis.
The funder behind a class action against Transport for NSW that has switched law firms five times has been hit with indemnity costs after it failed to brief a barrister in a dispute over its bid to rescind trust funds.
In a landmark ruling, the High Court has recognised the availability of damages for psychiatric injury caused by an employer's negligent dismissal process, restoring a $1.4 million award to a former non-profit employee.
A Herbert Smith Freehills mergers and acquisitions partner faces an internal investigation over a tweet aimed at Arnold Bloch Leibler partner Jeremy Leibler.
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The funder behind a class action against Transport for NSW by residents displaced by the construction of Sydney’s WestConnex tunnel has been ordered to pay $134,000 to cover the class action’s costs after it brought a failed action to rescind trust funds.