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Judge disqualifies himself from hearing Greensill cases
Insurance 2025-02-20 11:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A newly appointed judge has disqualified himself from hearing a group of cases over Greensill’s $1.7 billion collapse, after he acted as counsel for insurer Marsh in a related dispute. 

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Solicitor who had sex with firm employee found not guilty of misconduct
Legal Ethics 2025-02-19 11:25 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A solicitor who had an affair with a law firm employee and then fired her did not engage in misconduct, a tribunal has found.

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Salter Brothers defeats clients’ suits over ‘misleading’ visa investment fund
Financial Services 2025-02-19 3:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has dismissed lawsuits brought by three former Salter Brothers clients alleging they were misled about an investment fund marketed as part of a visa program to migrate to Australia.

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Ivy League university can’t block lawyer’s ‘Harvard Legal’ trade mark
Intellectual Property 2025-02-19 12:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Harvard University has lost its opposition to a law firm’s bid to register ‘Harvard Legal’ as a trade mark.

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Accolade Wines wins spat with Pernod Ricard over business sale deal
Corporate 2025-02-19 11:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Wine producer Accolade has won a dispute with Pernod Ricard over interim arrangements to distribute wine after it bought the French winemaker’s Australian and New Zealand businesses.

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Melbourne law firm wins bid to declass group proceeding over legal advice
Class Actions 2025-02-18 5:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has stripped a group proceeding against a Melbourne law firm of class action status, finding each of the firm’s 700 clients had “factually discrete” claims. 

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NACC to investigate 6 people involved in Robodebt scheme
Public Corruption 2025-02-18 11:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The NACC will investigate six people involved in the Robodebt scheme, after finding its commissioner should have removed himself from deciding whether to take up referrals from a royal commission.

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Twigg family lawsuit against Pitcher Partners settles for $25M
Accounting 2025-02-17 3:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A lawsuit alleging accounting firm Pitcher Partners was involved in race car driver Max Twigg’s misappropriation of $127 million from his family has settled for $25 million plus costs. 

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Vic Police accused of ‘total overreach’ as pepper spray class action kicks off
Trials 2025-02-17 2:56 pm By Andy Sidler

Victoria Police’s use of pepper spray to disperse environmental protesters at a 2019 mining conference was a “total overreach” of force, a court has heard.

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Second former Star executive settles with corporate cop
Trials 2025-02-17 11:15 pm By Andy Sidler

Star’s former managing director Greg Hawkins has reached a mid-trial settlement with the corporate regulator in its case over the casino operator’s alleged lax money laundering compliance. 

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