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ASIC brings action against shipbuilder Austal over $3.5B US Navy program
ASIC 2021-06-10 10:26 am By Christine Caulfield

Defence shipbuilder Austal has been hit with regulatory action over market disclosures linked to cost overruns with the company’s $3.5 billion US Navy warship program.

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Lockdown class action lawyer can’t lift licence cancellation pending appeal
COVID-19 2021-06-09 10:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has refused an application by banned lawyer Serene Teffaha for a temporary stay of a decision by Victoria’s legal watchdog to strip her of her practising certificate.

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Detainees can’t rejoin class action after settling claims against NT government
Class Actions 2021-06-09 4:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two former detainees of youth detention centres in the Northern Territory can’t rejoin a class action against the NT government after settling their claims, despite the “unsatisfactory” circumstances surrounding their exclusion from the proceedings, a judge has found.

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Greenpeace wins IP stoush with AGL over ‘satirical’ campaign
Intellectual Property 2021-06-08 9:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has thrown out trade mark infringement claims brought by AGL against Greenpeace for using the energy company’s logo in a public campaign labelling it “Australia’s biggest climate polluter”.

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Liquidators of S&P class action plaintiff win strikeout bid in spat over funder’s agreements
Class Actions 2021-06-08 4:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has gutted a defence and counterclaim filed by the biggest unitholder in investment fund Vale in a battle with a litigation funder and liquidators over agreements to join two class actions against S&P Capital, a fight that threatened to hold up one of the class actions.

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$10M settlement offer rejected by plaintiffs in Advanta Seeds class action
Class Actions 2021-06-08 2:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

Plaintiffs in a class action against Advanta Seeds rejected a $10 million offer to settle the litigation, which was later dismissed by a judge.

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Peter V’landys appeals loss in defamation case over ABC racehorse cruelty report
Appeals 2021-06-07 10:07 am By Christine Caulfield

Racing NSW CEO Peter V’landys AM is challenging a judge’s decision to toss his defamation case against the ABC over a 7:30 segment that revealed racehorses were being killed in violation of industry rules. 

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Ben Roberts-Smith accuses ex-wife of accessing email correspondence with lawyers
Defamation 2021-06-04 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

The ex-wife of accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith may have accessed his email account containing privileged communications with lawyers, a barrister for the former soldier told a judge on the eve of his defamation trial against Nine.

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GetSwift class action faces fight to use witness evidence from ASIC case
Class Actions 2021-06-04 10:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

GetSwift is opposing a bid by the lead shareholder in a class action to rely at an upcoming trial on evidence given by overseas witnesses in last year’s hearing in ASIC’s case, and its resistance could force the class to bring a separate case in the US to compel fresh testimony, a court has heard.

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Judge extends injunction blocking ex-Liberty Financial exec from joining rival
Employment 2021-06-04 2:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has extended an injunction barring a former manager of non-bank lender Liberty Financial from working for a unit of Wingate Group until after trial in a case over a restraint clause in the executive’s contract.

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