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Injunction granted in branch stacking case against Labor MP
Victorian Labor MP Marlene Kairouz has won an injunction temporarily blocking the Labor Party from bringing branch stacking charges against her.
‘A disappointing result’: Judge approves $25M settlement in Dick Smith class actions
A judge has approved a "disappointing" $25 million settlement in long-running class action litigation over the collapse of electronics retailer Dick Smith with claims worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Late opt outs imperil $138M IAG ‘junk insurance’ class action settlement
A group of late opt out notices by group members in a class action over IAG insurance, who were egged on in part by a 'corporate warfare' campaign by claims management service Claimo, could result in IAG pulling the plug on a $138 million settlement.
CBA says ‘non-existent’ chance it will make admissions in ASIC’s conflicted remuneration case
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has told a judge there’s no chance it will admit to ASIC’s allegations that it accepted conflicted remuneration through the sale of its Essential Super product, likening the matter to ASIC’s failed ‘Wagyu and shiraz’ case against Westpac.
‘Insureds are not only risks; they are people’: Judge slams TAL’s treatment of cancer patient’s claim
In another victory for ASIC in a case stemming from the banking royal commission, a judge has ruled that TAL Life Limited breached the Insurance Contracts Act after denying coverage to a cancer patient and threatening to recover $24,000 it had already paid to her.
GetSwift wins appeal bid to disqualify judge from class action
GetSwift has triumphed in its bid to disqualify a judge who refused to recuse himself from hearing a shareholder class action against the logistics software company after presiding over ASIC's civil penalty proceeding against the company.
Fuji Xerox loses bid to throw out ACCC’s case over small biz contracts
A judge has refused to summarily dismiss proceedings brought by the ACCC against office supply company Fuji Xerox over allegedly unfair contracts with small businesses.
Herbert Smith Freehills says Arrium lenders ‘a million miles away’ from properly run case
Law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has attacked a lawsuit brought by a group of lenders against collapsed steel giant Arrium, rejecting claims that $430 million in loans was borrowed under misleading or deceptive representations.
Former Arrium group treasurer rejects liquidators’ ‘infected’ insolvency case
The former group treasurer of collapsed steel giant Arrium has hit back at claims brought by the company's liquidators that it was trading while insolvent, arguing the case had been 'infected' by evidence from an expert who was also a plaintiff in the case.
Full Court to hear CUB dispute with ATO over 1,500 tax docs
Carlton United Breweries has appealed a ruling ordering it to hand over almost 1,500 documents to the Commissioner of Taxation relating to an audit of the beer giant.