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Class action over risky CFDs wins access to customer screening data
Class Actions 2025-05-12 11:06 pm By Andy Sidler

A class action against CMC Markets has won access to data thought to reveal that approximately 2,500 customers who failed screening tests for risky financial products were nevertheless permitted to trade. 

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Court tosses client’s ‘indefensible’ case against lawyers after fourth repleading
Professional Negligence 2025-05-12 11:28 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has dismissed a client’s attempt to join Kheir Lawyers to an action against Shine Lawyers, after the application — repleaded for a fourth time — remained “indefensible”.

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Law firm loses spat with client over agreement to cap fees
Business of Law 2025-05-12 11:52 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A law firm has lost a row with a former client over a pact to cap fees at $100,000, with a judge rejecting its claim the agreement was not binding.

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ANZ flex commissions class action asks court not to disturb GCO
Class Actions 2025-05-09 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

The plaintiff in a flex commissions class action against ANZ has asked the court to approve a $85 million settlement, including a 24.5 per cent group costs order, citing the “considerable risk” involved in running the case.

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‘An order is an order’: Judge scolds ASIC for failing to file defence in Palmer case
ASIC 2025-05-09 11:37 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A lawyer for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been grilled by a Federal Court judge for failing to file a defence in Clive Palmer’s case against the corporate watchdog.

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High Court won’t hear Dominique Grubisa’s appeal
High Court 2025-05-09 11:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has rejected a special leave application by wealth guru Dominque Grubisa seeking to overturn a finding that she had actual knowledge that statements made by her company DG Institute to students who enrolled in her courses were misleading.

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Court shuts out four group members from immigration detention class action
Class Actions 2025-05-09 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has refused to allow four people to join a closed class action brought on behalf of certain people who were detained at two infamous immigration detention centres in South Australia.

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Court rejects McNab’s payment claim for Forme development in Brisbane
Construction 2025-05-12 11:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An interim payment claim under Queensland’s SOP Act must include claims related to work carried out within the preceding six months, a judge has found.

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Corporate Air goes to High Court over payment for stand-by duty
Employment 2025-05-09 11:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

Aviation company Corporate Air Charter is taking its fight over pilot pay up to the High Court, after twice losing its argument that stand-by duty should not be remunerated.

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Lack of proof in CBA class actions can’t be ‘laid at bank’s feet’: appeals court
Class Actions 2025-05-08 11:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The failure of two class actions to prove loss linked to the Commonwealth Bank’s disclosure breaches was not the fault of the bank, an appeals court has held in dealing the latest blow to shareholder group proceedings. 

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