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In defamation victory, High Court finds Google not a publisher
Defamation 2022-08-17 3:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Google has won its appeal of a judgment awarded to gangland lawyer George Defteros that found the tech giant liable for linking to an allegedly defamatory article, with the High Court finding Google was not the publisher of the story.

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Palmer to pay McGowan’s costs of defamation row after ignoring settlement offer
Defamation 2022-08-11 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

WA premier Mark McGowan has won the legal costs of running his defamation cross-claim against businessman Clive Palmer after a judge learned McGowan made a walk-away settlement offer in December last year.

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‘Micromanaging’ slow-going Allianz class action may be unavoidable, judge says
Insurance 2022-08-09 11:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has pulled up three legal teams over slow progress in a class action against Allianz over add-on car insurance, saying lawyers’ correspondence to the court may force her to “micromanage” the proceeding.

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Mitsubishi loses appeal, court finds Triton fuel economy label misleading
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-08-05 2:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mitsubishi Motors has lost its legal challenge to a decision that found it made misleading fuel efficiency representations on a label affixed to the windshield of a Triton 4WD sold in 2017.

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A ‘futile exercise’: Palmer, McGowan win chump change in costly defamation battle
Defamation 2022-08-02 2:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has awarded Western Australia premier Mark McGowan and mining billionaire Clive Palmer paltry sums in their defamation battle, with a judge finding that Palmer suffered “very little damage” to his reputation.

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Zurich won’t OK NZ apartments class action as it mulls High Court appeal
Class Actions 2022-07-29 1:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Irish insurer Zurich Insurance has refused consent for a class action over a defective New Zealand apartment block to proceed in the NSW Supreme Court as it mulls a High Court challenge to the case.

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HarperCollins wants High Court to reawaken deep sleep defamation case
Defamation 2022-07-27 1:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Publisher HarperCollins has filed a special leave application with the High Court seeking to challenge a decision that revived a defamation case by a psychiatrist over a book covering the controversial deep sleep therapy at the Chelmsford Private Hospital in the 1970s.

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Zurich loses bid to shut down NZ apartments class action
Insurance 2022-07-21 1:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Irish insurer Zurich Insurance has lost its appeal seeking to shut down a class action filed against it in the NSW Supreme Court over a defective New Zealand apartment block.

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Christian Porter loses appeal after silk barred from acting in defamation case
Legal Ethics 2022-07-14 2:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former Attorney-General Christian Porter has lost his challenge to a ruling that barred silk Sue Chrysanthou from representing him in his now-settled defamation lawsuit against the ABC over its coverage of historical rape allegations.

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Zurich rails against ‘exorbitant exercise’ of power in NZ apartment class action
Class Actions 2022-07-06 7:31 pm By Sam Matthews

Irish insurer Zurich Insurance has appealed a judge’s finding that a class action filed against it in the NSW Supreme Court over a defective New Zealand apartment block could go ahead, arguing the finding was the result of federal overreach.

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