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Grant Thornton to face former client’s claim over ‘pointless’ work
Grant Thornton can't dodge a “significant” counterclaim accusing the accounting firm of charging for “unnecessary and pointless" work in a case against a former client over $119,000 in unpaid fees.
TWU appeals judgment refusing to reinstate 1,800 outsourced Qantas workers
The Transport Workers Union has appealed a judge's decision that compensation was a more appropriate remedy for 1,800 Qantas workers who had been denied the "matchless blessing" of a job than reinstatement.
Funeral services provider fined for not disclosing ‘unavoidable’ costs
Perth-based funeral services provider Bowra & O’Dea has paid $26,640 in penalties for allegedly failing to disclose certain unavoidable costs when advertising rates for its funeral and cremation services.
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Insurer Vero may be dragged into combustible cladding class action
The applicant in a class action against Fairview Architectural over allegedly combustible cladding is add insurer Vero Insurance as a respondent, after revealing the cladding manufacturer may have $190 million in insurance to cover the class action's claims.
Full Court to hear Dutton defamation case over ‘rape apologist’ tweet
Refugee activist Shane Bazzi has appealed a defamation judgment ordering him to pay $35,000 in damages to Peter Dutton over a tweet which accused the defence minister of being a rape apologist.
Ian Macdonald, Obeids to spend Christmas in prison
A judge has rejected a request for bail by NSW Labor Minister Ian Macdonald, Eddie Obeid and his son Moses as they appeal their convictions for conspiring to rig a tender process and secure a coal mining exploration licence for the Obeids' land in the Bylong Valley.
PTTEP appeals win for Indonesian seaweed farmers in oil spill class action
Oil exploration company PTTEP has appealed a judge's findings that oil that gushed from one of its wells in the Timor Sea in 2009 reached the coasts of Indonesian islands and damaged the crops of local seaweed farmers.
Biogen may sue third generic drug maker to protect MS drug Tecfidera
Swiss pharmaceutical company Biogen is considering a third patent infringement lawsuit against a drug maker to shield its monopoly in Australia for blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug Tecfidera from generic competition.
Fair Work Commission finds BHP vaccine mandate unlawful
A full bench of the Fair Work Commission has struck down a BHP requirement that all workers at its Mt Arthur coal mine in NSW be vaccinated against COVID-19, finding the mandate was unreasonable and unlawful for lack of consultation.