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Average payout to TFS pelvic mesh class action members kept out of notice
Class Actions 2023-06-23 3:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of women injured by alleged defective pelvic mesh will not advise group members the estimated average return from the proceeds of a settlement against defunct device manufacturer TFS’ insurer because it would be “cruel”.

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Trans woman gets go-ahead to bring late discrimination case against Giggle for Girls
Human Rights 2023-06-01 9:40 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has allowed a discrimination case brought by a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls to be brought out of time, finding there was a public interest in determining the “metes and bounds” of Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act.

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Giggle for Girls suit primed as test case for transgender rights, court hears
Human Rights 2023-04-28 10:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A discrimination case brought by a transgender woman who was excluded from female social network Giggle for Girls may test the metes and bounds of Gillard-era amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act, a court has heard.

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Barry Nilsson poaches six from Norton Rose to boost insurance practice
People In The News 2023-04-03 4:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Boutique law firm Barry Nilsson has snagged a Norton Rose Fulbright disputes partner who specialises in healthcare product liability class actions and his five-member team to join its Sydney office. 

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Barry Nilsson poaches team from Sparke Helmore for insurance group
Business of Law 2023-03-08 5:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Boutique law firm Barry Nilsson has snagged five senior lawyers, including a partner, from Sparke Helmore to join its Adelaide insurance team as part of a broader expansion strategy. 

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Wotton + Kearney nabs MinterEllison partner to lead new Adelaide office
Business of Law 2023-01-25 4:13 pm By Sam Matthews

Insurance law firm Wotton + Kearney has lured a MinterEllison partner and her team to its recently established Adelaide office, as well as a special counsel from Barry.Nillson.

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IP boutique claims doc destruction in client poaching case
Intellectual Property 2022-06-07 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews

An IP boutique in a lawsuit against two former lawyers who left to launch a rival firm has alleged documents it sought from the pair had been destroyed or deleted.

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$27M pelvic mesh class action settlement offer pulled amid ‘financial difficulties’
Class Actions 2022-06-01 2:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Settlement talks in a class action on behalf of women injured by allegedly defective pelvic mesh products have failed after Astora Health took a long-standing $27 million settlement offer off the table. 

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Careers Australia liquidator can pursue overseas directors on evidence of insolvent trading
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-03-04 5:29 pm By Sam Matthews

The liquidator of collapsed vocational education provider Careers Australia can serve its lawsuit on two of the company’s former directors now living overseas, after a judge found a prima facie case of insolvent trading and breaches of directors duties had been made out.

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Settlement talks in Astora pelvic mesh class action ‘well advanced’
Product Liability 2022-03-03 9:57 pm By Miklos Bolza

Settlement talks in a class action brought by Shine Lawyers against Astora Women’s Health on behalf of women injured by allegedly defective pelvic mesh products are “well advanced”, while mediation in two similar actions is ongoing, a court has heard.

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