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‘Such a serious departure’: Lawyer struck from roll for failing to pay barristers
Legal Ethics 2024-03-26 11:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has struck the name of an Adelaide solicitor from the roll for failing to pay six barristers and misappropriating trust funds, finding the […]

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ABC can’t access training information in ex-soldier’s discrimination case
Human Rights 2024-03-26 4:38 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has granted the Commonwealthā€™s bid to suppress material relating to its “conduct after captureā€ training in a discrimination case brought by a […]

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BHP fights class action’s bid to augment group after pleading mistake
Class Actions 2024-03-25 9:58 pm By Sam Matthews

A five-year-old class action against BHP over the collapse of a Brazilian dam is seeking to amend the group definition following a judgment limiting the […]

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‘Embarrassing in the true sense’: Westpac class action faces strike-out bids
Class Actions 2024-03-25 3:12 pm By Sam Matthews

Westpac subsidiary BT Funds Management and Tal Life Insurance have foreshadowed applications to strike out the pleadings of a class action alleging superannuation customers were […]

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Judge rejects ASICā€™s first case over unfair insurance contract terms
Insurance 2024-03-22 4:18 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has dismissed the corporate regulatorā€™s first-ever case over unfair insurance contracts terms, finding it was not unfair for an insurer to require customers […]

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Ashurst partner predicts more defence firms to start filing class actions
Business of Law 2024-03-22 1:15 am By Sam Matthews

Ashurst has bolstered its disputes team by reclaiming a senior commercial litigation partner from Clifford Chance, who has predicted more defence firms will cross over […]

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Sun Pharma challenges Abilify patent term extension
Intellectual Property 2024-03-22 9:01 am By Sam Matthews

Indian generics company Sun Pharma has taken Otsuka Pharmaceutical to court, alleging an extension for the patent for an injectable form of the Japanese drug […]

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Subpoenas to identify group members in Mercedes-Benz class action ‘improper’: judge
Class Actions 2024-03-21 4:32 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has effectively set aside several subpoenas in a class action against Mercedes-Benz over alleged emissions cheating seeking material to identify group members and […]

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Former EY partner sued over tax loss scheme commissions
Tax 2024-03-21 4:43 pm By Sam Matthews

A client of EY is suing a former partner at the firm, accusing them of collecting $700,000 in secret payments as part of a tax […]

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Nature’s Care founders can’t suppress all docs in fight with ATO
Tax 2024-03-20 10:11 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected sweeping suppression orders sought by the founders of vitamin giant Natureā€™s Care over documents in a $200 million tax debt stoush […]

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