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AMP denies it broke the law by charging dead people for life insurance
AMP has hit back at fees for no service court proceedings brought by ASIC, arguing it was legally entitled to charge customers premiums and advice fees for life insurance after they died.
PwC settles Zilzie Wines lawsuit over unsolicited R&D tax advice
A settlement has been reached in a Murray Darling wine making family's lawsuit accusing PricewaterhouseCoopers of providing bad unsolicited tax advice that caused them more than $200,000 in losses.
ASIC to hand over examination transcript in Westpac insider trading case
ASIC has agreed to provide Westpac with the transcript of a compulsory examination of one of its traders in court proceedings accusing the bank of insider trading in relation to the $16 billion privatisation of electricity provider Ausgrid.
Takata airbags class action appeals court loss to Volkswagen
The applicant in a class action against Volkswagen over defective Takata airbags has appealed a ruling dismissing the case for failing to establish any loss or damage.
Bluescope slams as ‘delusional’ ACCC evidence of cartel conduct
BlueScope has labelled "delusional" an argument by the competition regulator that alleged correspondence from a distributor about the steel company’s suggested higher prices was evidence of price-fixing.
Christian Porter wins bid to block media from using secret parts of ABC defence
Liberal MP Christian Porter has won his bid to block Nine and News Corp from using secret portions of ABC’s defence to his defamation allegations that the media giants accessed as intervenors in the former Attorney-General’s case.
Law firm close to filing Blue Sky class action, partner says
A shareholder class action against defunct fund manager Blue Sky Investments and others will be filed by the end of the year, Lawyerly has learned.
Domino’s class action reluctant to be class closure ‘guinea pig’
A judge has again suggested the Full Court should weigh in on whether the court has the power to make class closure orders, but the barrister for the applicant in an underpayments class action against Domino's Pizza told the judge her client may not want to be the test case.
Bluescope’s defence in ACCC case would ‘eviscerate’ cartel laws, trial told
Steel maker Bluescope’s claim that it didn't engage in cartel conduct because it only encouraged distributors to set a price for its products would "eviscerate" cartel laws, the ACCC has told a court.
Liberal MP Andrew Laming sues Nine over ‘accusatory and spiteful’ coverage of upskirt photo
Queensland Liberal MP Andrew Laming has sued Nine Network for defamation over a Nine News segment which alleged that he took a photograph of a female employee bending over at a Brisbane landscaping yard.