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Judge OKs $50M settlement, $2.5M Deloitte fee in CBA class action
A judge has approved a $50 million settlement in a class action against the Commonwealth Bank over allegedly worthless consumer credit insurance after his concerns about a $2.5 million deduction for Deloitte were allayed.
Peter V’landys stuck with defamation loss after High Court declines special leave
Racing NSW CEO Peter V'landys AM has failed in his bid to have the High Court take up his challenge to an appeals court ruling that found an ABC report on the killing of racehorses was not defamatory despite not being high quality journalism.
Competition case against NSW Ports destined for High Court, court told
A New South Wales developer's argument that the Full Court was "plainly wrong" to dismiss the ACCC’s competition case against NSW Ports over the privatisation of two ports is destined for the High Court, a judge has heard. 
Court tosses Network Ten producer’s $400,000 underpayments claim
A judge has dismissed a suit by a former executive producer at Network Ten who claimed she was owed nearly $400,000 in severance pay under an industry award, finding the award did not apply to senior management.
Judge says Optus CEO’s statement on Deloitte report raises doubts about privilege claim
A judge has questioned an argument by Optus that a report by Deloitte into a major data breach was protected by privilege, saying a press release by the teleco's boss belied the claim that the provision of legal advice was the report's chief purpose.
OAIC taken to court in battle to run Optus class action-style complaint
The OAIC has been dragged to court by the law firm that filed a class action-style complaint over the massive Optus data breach, after the privacy commissioner chose a competing representative complaint to move forward.
Surgeons try again to declass breast implants class action
A group of surgeons who worked for The Cosmetic Institute are appealing a judge's rejection of their bid to declass a representative proceeding on behalf of 13,500 patients who claim they suffered injury or complications from breast augmentation surgery. 
Mount Pleasant mine engineers can’t shield legal advice on loss in $270M feud
Engineering firms G&S Engineering and DRA Global have lost their bid to shield legal advice by McCullough Robertson on whether they were liable to MACH Energy for indirect losses while building a coal processing plant at Mount Pleasant in South Australia.
Melbourne school must pay $565K for failing to address antisemitic bullying
A group of former Jewish and Israeli students at Brighton Secondary College have won hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation and an apology from the Victorian government after a judge found the school principal failed to address racially-charged bullying and hundreds of cases of swastika graffiti.
Woodside faces bid to block seismic testing for Scarborough gas project
A traditional custodian has filed an application to block seismic testing on Woodside Energy’s Scarborough gas project until her legal challenge has been finally determined, in a case similar to the one that put Santos’ $4.7 billion Barossa project on ice.