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Gunns Plantations class action against KPMG settles with ex-Tasmanian Premier
A class action against KPMG over the failure of six managed investment schemes for eucalyptus wood in Tasmania has settled its claims against former Tasmanian Premier Robin Gray.
Full Court triples ‘manifestly inadequate’ penalty against Employsure
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won its appeal against Employsure over alleged misleading Google advertisements, with the Full Federal Court upping the penalty against the specialist workplace relations consultancy from $1 million to $3 million.
Strike-out application in postgrads underpayments class action to go ahead
The federal government’s bid to shut down an underpayments class action on behalf of postgraduate research candidates at universities across Australia remains to be heard after a judge rejected the self-represented applicant’s bid to strike out the strike-out application.
‘Replete with errors’: Fairfax ordered to pay PNG minister $545,000, as judge rails against AFR reporters
Nine-owned Fairfax Media has been ordered to pay a $545,000 to a Papua New Guinea politician who sued the publisher for defamation over a series of articles published in the Australian Financial Review, which a judge found were “replete with errors and misrepresentations.”
In loss for Raw C maker, judge finds rival’s blue packaging not misleading
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit by the maker of Raw C coconut water alleging a rival's coconut water featuring a similar aqua blue packaging with images of palm fronds would confuse consumers.
Nuix ex-CEO loses $180M case over options agreement
Nuix has defeated a lawsuit by ex-CEO Edward Sheehy alleging he was owed $183 million in options under a 2008 agreement, with a judge finding the options could only be exercised if the company was sold.
‘Porsches, Lamborghinis and racehorses’: Court hears details of alleged $400M Forum Finance fraud
Westpac has told a court that it is “inconceivable” that Forum Finance directors Bill Papas and Vince Tesoriero and funded their lavish lifestyles legitimately, as trial kicked off in the bank’s $400 million fraud case against the Forum companies.
ASIC says James Mawhinney’s defamation case doesn’t clear ‘serious harm’ bar
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has hit back at a defamation suit by Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney over a media release, saying it doesn't meet the new 'serious harm' threshold for defamation matters.
Arnold Bloch Leibler defeats negligence case over handling of Ken Talbot’s estate
The widow of mining executive Ken Talbot has lost a case alleging law firms Arnold Bloch Leibler and Boyd Legal mishandled her late husband’s estate after a judge found she had a “stated intention to destroy” the estate lawyer.
McDonald’s wins privilege spat in case brought by ex-franchisee after viral video
A former McDonald’s franchisee has lost his challenge to a privilege claim by the fast food giant in his lawsuit alleging he was wrongly dropped after questioning his neighbour’s Indigenous identity in a 2019 viral video recording an altercation over an Aboriginal flag.