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MinterEllison lawyers call for apology from Roberts-Smith’s silk
Appeals 2025-04-29 11:21 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

In their fight against oral subpoenas they say are fishing for broader grounds of appeal, counsel for two MinterEllison lawyers said on Tuesday that a silk acting for Ben Roberts-Smith should apologise for remarks in open court last week.

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Suncorp units, TAL to pay $34M to settle add-on insurance class action
Class Actions 2025-04-29 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two Suncorp units and insurer TAL Life have agreed to pay $34 million to settle a class action over allegedly worthless add-on insurance sold at car dealerships.

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Qube takes $70M SOPA spat with Martinus Rail to High Court
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-04-30 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Logistics company Qube wants the High Court to clarify the scope of an adjudicator’s role in determining a contractor’s payment claims under the SOP Act.

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Purchaser of ‘defective’ ACT property loses bid for $5.3M in damages
Construction 2025-04-30 11:13 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has awarded only $100 in nominal damages to the owner of a $5 million industrial site in the ACT, despite finding there was cracking in a concrete slab covered by a warranty. 

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Linchpin investors to get $7.2M in class action settlement with AIG
Class Actions 2025-04-29 11:10 pm By Andy Sidler

An investor class action against failed advisory firm Linchpin Capital has sought court approval of a $12.15 million settlement with insurer AIG, which will leave 176 group members to share in $7.2 million after deductions.

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ACCC can bring misleading conduct claims against printer supplier
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-04-29 11:04 pm By Andy Sidler

The ACCC has won court approval to bring claims against two companies in liquidation alleging they  engaged in unconscionable and misleading conduct in the sale of printing cartridges and cleaning chemicals. 

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ASIC has mixed success in case against family-owned business lender
Financial Services 2025-04-29 11:03 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A business lender that issued personal loans is on the hook for unlicensed credit activity, but ASIC’s action against the director has failed, with a judge finding the regulator was “entirely indifferent” to the circumstances of the case.

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Lawyer struck from roll after conviction for supplying drugs to bikie gang
Legal Ethics 2025-04-29 11:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A lawyer who assisted members of the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang by forging documents and helping supply methamphetamine has been struck off the roll. NSW-based lawyer Alina Yousif was found guilty of knowingly taking part in the supply of a prohibited drug, participating in a criminal group and using a false document in March 2020.…

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Fonterra can’t get pre-deal ruling on sale’s impact on lucrative Bega licences
Intellectual Property 2025-04-28 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

Dairy company Fonterra can’t get a court declaration that its Australian exit plans will not trigger change of control clauses in lucrative licence agreements with Bega, potentially affecting the likely sale price.

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Judge criticises Roberts-Smith’s claim that MinterEllison lawyers ‘thrown under bus’
Defamation 2025-04-28 11:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has taken issue with an argument by disgraced solider Ben Roberts-Smith that a Nine journalist threw his solicitors “under the bus”, saying it suggested the MinterEllison lawyers engaged in misconduct in the absence of an appeal claim against them.

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