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Coles faces potential class action over $20M in staff underpayments
Supermarket giant Coles may be hit with a class action after it was revealed on Tuesday that the company owes staff in its supermarket and liquor businesses at least $20 million in pay.
Litigation funder may set up law firm to capitalise on contingency fees
A major litigation funder in Australia is weighing its options after the High Court ended the practice of common fund orders and the Victorian Government introduced a bill allowing contingency fees, options that include establishing its own law firm
Barrister appeals finding she overcharged client
A Sydney criminal barrister is challenging a ruling that she engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct by performing unnecessary work for her client and threatening to cancel a visit to see him in prison unless his father coughed up $5,000 first.
Six-year delay in judge’s ruling ‘deplorable’, Full Court says in Boral sex harassment case
Wood products giant Boral Timber has been found vicariously liable for a male worker's sexual harrassment of a female colleague, with an appeals court overturning a ruling that it said took a judge more than six years to deliver and "regrettably" brought the administration of justice into disrepute.
Caterpillar wins latest fight over ‘cat’ trade marks
Caterpillar has scored a victory in one of several legal challenges the construction equipment manufacturer has launched to protect its 'cat' trade marks, successfully opposing the registration of the 'ironcat' mark for tyres and auto maintenance.
Baker McKenzie lures King & Wood Mallesons special counsel for banking practice
Baker McKenzie has nabbed former King & Wood Mallesons special counsel Charlie Detmold for the law firm's key banking and finance practice in Melbourne.
Gangland lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson wants court order forcing Google to cough up reviewer’s ID
Prominent criminal barrister Zarah Garde-Wilson has asked a court for an order compelling search engine giant Google to hand over information identifying a contributor who posted a negative review of her Melbourne-based law firm.
Great Southern investor’s fight over enforceability of Bendigo Bank loan revived on appeal
Two investors in failed Great Southern Group managed investment schemes have lost their latest appeal over a controversial class action settlement deed that allowed Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to enforce loans issued to fund their investments. But a third borrower, who denied he was a member of the class action, has been given the greenlight to defend the bank's recovery proceedings.
Class action lawyer, funder Mark Elliott dies in vehicle accident
Melbourne-based class action lawyer and litigation funder Mark Elliott has reportedly died in a vehicle accident on his farm in Flinders, Victoria.
Liquidator of collapsed start-up Appster wants to grill founders, KPMG partner
The liquidator of collapsed app-development firm Appster has filed examination proceedings against the company's founders and auditor ahead of possible legal action for allegedy trading while insolvent.