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Court awards $300,000 for wrongful imprisonment by family law judge
Legal Ethics 2023-08-30 12:34 pm By Sam Matthews

A Queensland man has prevailed in his case alleging Federal Circuit and Family Court Judge Salvatore Vasta unlawfully imprisoned him for contempt after he failed […]

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Government to acknowledge climate change risk in class action settlement
Climate change 2023-08-30 10:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The government has agreed to acknowledge that climate change is a systemic risk that could affect the value of its bonds in order to resolve […]

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BlueScope hit with record $57.5M penalty for attempted price-fixing
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-08-29 11:35 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has hit BlueScope Steel with a $57.5 million penalty for engaging in attempted cartel conduct and ordered a former executive to personally pay […]

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Aged pensioner can’t revive class action against Social Services
Appeals 2023-08-28 11:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A self-represented aged pensioner has lost his bid to revive a class action against the Department of Social Services over its real estate asset testing […]

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‘Group members are human beings’: Judge pans discontinuance notice in postgrads class action
Class Actions 2023-08-24 1:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has panned as “thoroughly unsatisfactory” a draft notice informing group members in an underpayments class action against the federal government that only claims […]

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Ex-G8 Education chair suffers another loss in challenge to ASIC examination
Corporate 2023-08-22 10:29 pm By Sam Matthews

Former G8 Education chair Jennifer Hutson has lost an appeal of a decision that found she was not unlawfully examined by the corporate regulator over […]

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Age pension class action files High Court challenge
High Court 2023-08-17 10:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action has challenged a decision that found the age pension does not discriminate against Indigenous Australians because of differences in life expectancy, arguing […]

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SkyCity sets aside $45M for AUSTRAC case
Financial Services 2023-08-14 12:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

SkyCity has set aside $45 million for its legal costs and a possible penalty in AUSTRAC proceedings alleging it allowed $4 billion in suspicious transactions […]

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High Court greenlights NZ apartment block class action against Irish insurer
High Court 2023-08-08 11:36 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has dismissed a constitutional appeal by Irish insurer Zurich, clearing the way for a class action over an allegedly defective New Zealand […]

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Settlement reached in bond holders class action over climate disclosures
Class Actions 2023-08-07 1:12 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action brought on behalf of sovereign bond investors over the disclosure of climate change risks has settled with the government on terms that […]

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