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FWC calls out ‘people and culture puffery’ in reinstating pregnant Amazon worker
The Fair Work Commission has ordered labour hire firm Adecco to reinstate a pregnant worker who was unfairly dismissed from her role at an Amazon warehouse in Sydney after disclosing that she was seven weeks pregnant.
Falcon Capital liquidators recover $1.6M, urge investors to ‘temper’ hope
Liquidators of Falcon Capital have so far clawed back just $1.65 million of the $450 million invested in its failed First Guardian fund, and are holding out little hope for more than minimal further recoveries.
AFL wins strike-out of OHS claims in concussion class action
The AFL has won its bid to strike out occupational health and safety claims from a class action over its concussion management practices.
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Lendlease loses appeal in $120M Campbelltown land case
Lendlease has lost its appeal of a ruling that shot down its bid to enforce a $120 million purchase agreement for five plots of land in Campbelltown against a company controlled by the Macarthur-Onslow family. 
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Timber company loses fight with Valuer-General over $110M forest
Grand Ridge Plantations has lost an appeal seeking to halve the official valuation of its Gippsland timber forest, with a court finding that the trees on the land must be included in its assessed value.
From farm to bench, silk Edward Muston takes spot on Supreme Court
Veteran of the NSW bar Edward Muston SC has been sworn in as the newest judge of the state's Supreme Court, but before he was prosecuting high stakes environmental law cases, his plan was to be a jackaroo.
Sydney Trains reaches settlement in underpayments class action
Sydney Trains has reached an in-principle agreement to settle a class action by operations staff alleging a “systemic pattern” of underpayments and overwork.
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Homes Victoria must release public housing tower docs, report says
A parliamentary committee has said the Victorian government must release all evidence supporting the demolition of 44 public housing towers in Melbourne, some of which are the subject of a dismissed class action that is being appealed.
Chartered Accountants suspends former PwC chief executive
Former PriceWaterhouseCoopers chief executive Tom Seymour has been fined $15,000 and suspended as a chartered accountant, shortly after he was banned from acting as a tax agent over the firm's tax leaks scandal.
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Allens reps Pamoja Capital in sale of UniLodge to Samty
Law firm Allens is behind the recent sale by Pamoja Capital of a majority stake in UniLodge to Japanese property developer Samty.