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Monadelphous loses fight over amendments in suit over Kawana sewage plant
Construction 2025-10-08 11:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Engineer Monadelphous has lost a fight that will affect its ability to run a limitations defence in a suit over alleged defects in a sewage plant upgrade on the Sunshine Coast.

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Judge questions claim Banksia receiver ‘went along’ with class action settlement
Class Actions 2025-10-03 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has questioned whether an investor in failed Banksia Securities can bring a case against a court-appointed receiver over his support for a class action settlement later found to involve deception by a team of lawyers. 

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Suit against Banksia receiver, law firm a bid to ‘exhume case from grave’, court told
Class Actions 2025-10-02 10:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The receiver for Banksia Securities — the failed lender at the centre of a scandal-ridden class action — has argued a new case accusing him of serious misconduct is vexatious and wants a court to release him from the claims.

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Builder dodges winding up bid by creditor after lawyer’s email ‘cast in threatening terms’
Construction 2025-10-07 11:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has declined a creditor’s bid to wind up Victorian builder Roberts Construction Group, finding that the application relied on a “very modest” debt and involved a solicitor’s email “cast in threatening terms”. 

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Defeat device class action can warn Isuzu owners about selling cars
Class Actions 2025-10-02 1:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed a class action over Isuzus that allegedly contained emissions cheat devices to send an opt out notice to group members that includes a warning that if they sell their cars, they may “lose some or all of the money” they could receive in any settlement. 

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Hall Chadwick NSW failed to prevent auditor rotation breaches: ASIC
Accounting 2025-10-02 12:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accepted court-enforceable undertakings from Hall Chadwick NSW and three of its auditors after finding the firm’s systems failed to detect breaches of auditor rotation requirements. 

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J&J denies class action’s claims that it sold ineffective cold meds
Class Actions 2025-10-01 11:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has denied knowingly selling alleged ineffective medications under its Benadryl, Sudafed and Codral brands, saying research indicated the phenylephrine-containing products worked. 

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‘Egregious’: Judge awards plaintiff $93K in strip search class action against NSW Police
Class Actions 2025-09-30 1:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered the NSW government to pay $93,000 in damages to the lead plaintiff in a class action over police strip searches at music festivals, finding a “conspicuous deficiency” in the training of officers. 

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RV maker Jayco must back up defence claim in ACCC case, court says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-09-29 11:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Jayco must spell out its claim that it explained the specific features of its recreational vehicles to customers, as part of its defence to an ACCC case over alleged misleading statements, a judge has said.

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In Google carriage fight appeal, Piper Alderman claims law firms’ cooperation anti-competitive
Class Actions 2025-09-26 11:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Piper Alderman claims a judge erred in finding there was no evidence that an agreement between Maurice Blackburn and Phi Finney McDonald to cooperate in running an ad tech class action against Google was struck for an anti-competitive purpose.

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