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SAS soldiers panned ‘bulls–t’ commendation awarded to Ben Roberts-Smith, court told
It was common knowledge that SAS soldiers sought the retraction of a “bulls--t” commendation awarded to war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith for acts of bravery in Afghanistan in 2012, a trial in a defamation case against Fairfax has heard.
Citing ‘leisure wear effect’, MySuper class action seeks in-person hearing
The parties in a class action accusing a Commonwealth Bank of Australia unit of breaching its superannuation trustee duties want the matter to be heard in person and are willing to foot the bill for the judge to travel to Sydney to make it happen.
Fairfax slams Ben Roberts-Smith barrister’s cross-examination technique
Fairfax has accused senior counsel representing Ben Roberts-Smith of using cross-examination to try to identify the source of allegedly defamatory articles that accused the former SAS soldier of war crimes.
Deloitte report on Mercedes-Benz fixed-price model was ‘spin’, court hears
Australian Mercedes-Benz dealers behind a $650 million lawsuit over the car maker's decision to move to a fixed-price agency model allege the car maker engaged Deloitte as a consultant so it could "spin" its real reasons for making the change.
Google can’t shut down Epic Games’ misuse of market power case
Google has failed in its bid to stay a competition lawsuit brought by Epic Games, after failing to show that the Fortnite game maker would not be disadvantaged if the case were heard in California instead.
‘Shoot him or I will’: Mounting allegations of civilian murder at Ben Roberts-Smith trial
Eight rounds of ammunition were unloaded into the chest, neck and face of an Afghan man after decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith told a subordinate to, “Shoot him or I will”, a court has heard.
Nine can argue MP Andrew Laming a ‘creep’ in defamation defence
A judge has allowed Nine Network to claim that MP Andrew Laming is a 'creep' in its contextual truth defence to the Queensland politician's defamation lawsuit over a news segment that accused him of taking a lewd photograph.
IOOF unit fined $6M for financial adviser’s bad advice
A judge has hit IOOF unit RI Advice with a $6 million penalty for failing to rein in an adviser who reaped hefty commissions for steering clients towards risky investments, despite earlier expressing concerns the penalty may not have enough sting.
Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest launches private criminal case against Facebook over crypto scam ads 
Australian mining magnate Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest has filed private criminal proceedings against Facebook over cryptocurrency investment scams that used his name and image.
Ben Roberts-Smith ordered shooting of Afghan man, court told as trial resumes
Australia’s most decorated Afghanistan war veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, ordered the shooting of an Afghani man during an Easter Sunday patrol, a court has heard.