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Court appoints contradictor in class action funder’s challenge to MIS rules
Class Actions 2022-03-22 3:59 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Full Federal Court has appointed a contradictor to “take up the cudgels” against funder Litigation Capital Management, which has challenged a judgment refusing to find that a class action filed against Queensland electricity operators was not a managed investment scheme.

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Greensill says insurer BCC liable for misleading statements if IAG right
Insurance 2022-03-22 3:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

Insurance Australia Group agent Bond & Credit Company owes damages for misleading representations to Greensill Capital if the insurer was not authorised to enter into a trade credit policy at the centre of four lawsuits over the collapse of the financial services firm, a court has been told.

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Qantas hit with $72M suit over cuts to catering services during COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 2022-03-22 10:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An Emirates-owned provider of in-flight catering services has taken Qantas to court claiming it’s owed $72.5 million after the airline cut its services during the coronavirus pandemic.

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High Court grants Western Power special leave in bushfire class action
High Court 2022-03-22 2:17 pm By Miklos Bolza

The High Court will hear a challenge by Western Power to an appeals court judgment which found that the state-owned electricity supplier breached its duty of care to inspect power poles on private land and was partly liable for property damage from the 2014 Perth Hills bushfire.

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Developer misled buyers of $9.58M South Yarra apartment with ‘artistic impression’
Real Estate 2022-03-22 4:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Property developer JD Group will have to pay damages to a Melbourne couple after a judge found the company’s artistic renderings of a $9.58 million South Yarra apartment were “deliberately misleading”.

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Ashurst lures Thomson Geer partner to launch superannuation practice
Business of Law 2022-03-22 5:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Global law firm Ashurst has snagged a Thomson Geer partner to launch a superannuation practice offering end-to-end legal and consulting solutions for financial services clients in the $3.3 trillion sector.

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Ten to face sex discrimination claims in journalist’s harassment lawsuit
Employment 2022-03-21 10:37 am By Miklos Bolza

Journalist Tegan George will add sex discrimination claims against Network Ten to her lawsuit that alleges harassment and bullying by political journalist Peter van Onselen.

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‘Scandalous’: Judge finds family forged will of ‘Australia’s worst landlord’
Real Estate 2022-03-21 10:29 pm By Miklos Bolza

The will of “Australia’s worst landlord” — Melbourne businessman Frank Cassar — was forged in a conspiracy by his widow, daughter and son who feared losing his multimillion dollar business empire after his death, a court has found.

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Whitsundays resort owes $430,000 to worker who was urinated on
Employment 2022-03-21 5:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The owner of a Whitsundays resort has been ordered to hand over $430,738 to an employee whose roommate in staff accommodation allegedly urinated on him after a night of drinking.

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Tech companies to be held accountable for disinformation under new laws
Media 2022-03-21 10:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Tech companies will be held responsible for harmful disinformation and misinformation on their platforms under new laws that will be introduced in the second half of the year.

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