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Government rejects $510M settlement offer in live exports class action
Class Actions 2024-01-19 5:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Minister for Agriculture has rejected an offer to settle a nine-year-old class action over the government’s 2011 ban on the live export of cattle […]

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Government urged to shell out $900M to settle live exports class action
Class Actions 2023-12-04 10:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The applicant in a nine-year-old class action over the government’s 2011 live exports ban has urged the Commonwealth to pay up to $900 million to […]

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Live exports ban class action may face more delays as Full Court hearing flagged
Class Actions 2023-10-18 11:46 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has balked at the court being asked to examine the internal workings of the Indonesian government in the nine-year old live exports ban […]

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High Court to hear appeal of ACCC’s unconscionable conduct win against college
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-09-15 4:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has granted defunct online educator Captain Cook College special leave to appeal a finding that it engaged in systemic unconscionable conduct by […]

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‘Cloud cuckoo land’: Judge questions class action’s bid to beef up export ban damages claim
Class Actions 2023-07-07 11:21 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing a class action over the government’s total ban on live cattle exports to Indonesia has challenged the applicant’s bid to base group […]

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College’s enrolment practices should be ‘condemned’, Full Court says in ACCC win
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-04-06 4:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Full Federal Court has upheld a finding that online educator Captain Cook College engaged in systemic unconscionable conduct by enrolling thousands of unsuitable students, […]

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AMP grilled over possible breach of court orders in insurance churn case
Financial Services 2022-10-19 11:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has questioned AMP Financial Planning over whether it breached court orders to compensate customers after finding the firm failed to prevent a now […]

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‘Concerned’ judge wants answers from AMP on remediation program
Financial Services 2022-08-19 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has raised concerns that AMP Financial Planning has not compensated customers for allegedly failing to prevent life insurance churning, directing the firm to […]

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‘Bad luck’: Judge denies penniless Captain Cook College’s appeal delay bid
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-04-05 8:59 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected an application by training provider Captain Cook College to postpone the hearing of its appeal in a case won by the […]

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ASIC drops most claims against Rio Tinto over $5.8B acquisition
Securities 2022-02-28 1:31 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has dropped all but one claim against Rio Tinto in a four-year-long case over disclosures related to its troubled […]

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