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Advanta Seeds wins more time to renew patent after law firm slip-up
Intellectual Property 2023-02-20 3:51 pm By Sam Matthews

Agricultural giant Nufarm has lost its appeal of a decision giving rival Advanta Seeds extra time to pay a renewal fee for its patent for a hybrid plant cell, after an error by its lawyers caused the renewal to fall through the cracks.

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Pitcher Partners can’t toss claims in $127M fight with Twigg family
Accounting 2023-02-20 10:57 pm By Sam Matthews

Accounting firm Pitcher Partners has lost an application to dismiss a $127 million lawsuit by the family of race car driver Max Twigg as an abuse of process, with a judge rejecting its claim that the proceedings were deliberately delayed.

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Ampol to pay $157M to settle transfer pricing dispute with ATO
Tax 2023-02-20 2:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Petrol giant Ampol has reached a $157 million agreement with the Australian Taxation Office to resolve a long-running dispute over transfer pricing of goods between its Singaporean hub and Australian unit.

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Broker guilty of managing lender Financial Circle while disqualified
Financial Services 2023-02-20 3:08 pm By Sam Matthews

Melbourne man Joshua Fuoco has been fined $6,000 and convicted for managing the now defunct consumer lender Financial Circle while disqualified.

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Tyro settles class action over EFTPOS outage
Class Actions 2023-02-17 10:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Fintech Tyro has agreed to settle a class action brought by retailers who were unable to process payments during a days-long EFTPOS outage in January 2021.

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Mitsubishi wins High Court leave in case over ‘misleading’ fuel economy label
Appeals 2023-02-17 10:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on whether Mitsubishi can be sued over allegedly misleading fuel efficiency representations on a label affixed to the windshield of a Triton 4WD that was required by law.

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HWL Ebsworth found negligent in $130M case over property development
Professional Negligence 2023-02-17 5:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

HWL Ebsworth has been found negligent in advising on a joint venture contract for an ambitious Sydney-based land development, which allegedly lost the law firm’s former client $130 million. 

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High Court to hear appeal over liability for developer’s source code theft
High Court 2023-02-17 11:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court will hear an appeal over whether real estate agent Biggin & Scott should be held liable for copyright infringement for its supposed “indifference” to the copying of real estate marketing platform Campaigntrack’s source code by a developer.

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High Court won’t hear HarperCollins’ deep sleep defamation appeal
High Court 2023-02-17 11:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined HarperCollins’ special leave application seeking to appeal a decision that revived a psychiatrist’s defamation case over a book about the controversial deep sleep therapy at the Chelmsford Private Hospital in the 1970s.

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Macquarie advisers stripped of $330,000 win as 5-year-old case sent back
Financial Services 2023-02-17 4:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Dozens of Macquarie advisers who previously won a $330,000 payday against the bank have been ordered back to court for a rehearing of their long-running case over employment entitlements.

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