The ACCC has cleared Woolworths’ planned $552 million acquisition of a 65 per cent stake in wholesale food distributor PFD Food Services without the supermarket giant’s proposed undertaking to maintain independence between the company for three years.
Furniture retailer Nick Scali Ltd must respond to subpeonas served by law firm Sparke Helmore seeking files held by the company’s new firm, Allens, in a case over $500,000 in unpaid fees that alleges CEO Anthony Scali knowingly gave false instructions to his solicitors.
Mosaic Brands has paid $630,000 in penalties after being hit with infringement notices by the ACCC for misleading claims made about hand sanitiser and masks sold on its websites at the height of COVID-19 pandemic last year.
A judge has refused to sign off on $13.8 million in fees sought by law firm Maurice Blackburn as part of a $44.5 million settlement in a class action against Woolworths, saying the amount was “intuitively out of the range” of what was a reasonable legal bill for the case.
Employees of Romeo’s will be sent a corrected opt-out notice in class actions against the supermarket chain after it emerged that the company’s senior managers may have made unauthorised contact with group members about their participation in the proceedings.
A former employee of The Athlete’s Foot has sued the sports footwear chain over an alleged sexual assault which she claims took place after a work-related event, saying the alleged perpetrator threatened her for complaining to the national manager, who dismissed her allegations.
Australian investment management group Fortius Funds Management has taken retail giant The Just Group to court seeking millions of dollars in allegedly unpaid rent for four stores in Sydney’s MidCity Shopping Centre.
Supermarket giant Woolworths can recoup losses from a 2014 train derailment in South Australia despite a contractual clause excluding force majeure events, the NSW Supreme Court has found.
A director of sunglasses company Quay Eyewear has lost her bid to access HWL Ebsworth’s advice to the company given during legal proceedings which accused her of tortious interference, breach of directors’ duties and intellectual property violations.
A former director of provocative lingerie retailer Honey Birdette has lost a lawsuit against billionaire retail entrepreneur Brett Blundy seeking damages after a relationship breakdown saw her bought out of the firm.