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‘Cloud cuckoo land’: Judge questions class action’s bid to beef up export ban damages claim
A judge overseeing a class action over the government's total ban on live cattle exports to Indonesia has challenged the applicant’s bid to base group member damages on an increased number of cows that could have been exported, three years after the lead applicant won a $2.9 million judgment.
HSF, Seven can’t set aside Nine’s subpoenas in Ben Roberts-Smith case
Seven and law firm Herbert Smith Freehills have lost a bid to set aside subpoenas issued by Fairfax, as the publisher seeks third party costs orders against Seven for funding disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith's unsuccessful defamation case.
Slater & Gordon faces court challenge to Allegro takeover by small biz
A self-managed superannuation fund has taken Slater & Gordon to court to block the the acquisition of its shares in the firm as part of the plaintiff firm's takeover by private equity firm Allegro Funds, saying the 55 cents per share price is not fair and reasonable.
Investigator wants evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith case, as Fairfax seeks costs from Seven, Stokes
The office of the special investigator wants access to evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith's failed defamation case, a court has heard, while Fairfax says it needs to see invoices from Herbert Smith Freehills to the soldier's financial backer, Seven chairman Kerry Stokes, in its bid for costs.
Nine can rely on reputation evidence in Euro Pacific CEO’s case
Nine has partially won its bid to include evidence about the reputation of Euro Pacific CEO Peter Schiff in an attempt to minimise the damages it will owe after abandoning its substantive defences in defamation proceedings by the bank boss.
Nine seeks to rely on evidence of Euro Pacific Bank chief’s reputation to reduce defamation damages
Nine is battling to adduce evidence concerning the reputation of Euro Pacific CEO Peter Schiff, as it scrambles to minimise the damages it will owe after abandoning its substantive defences in defamation proceedings by the bank boss.
Optus to rebrand ‘Boost’ products in trade mark case settlement
Optus has agreed to rebrand products that Boost Tel claimed had infringed on its trade marks, in  a settlement of the rivals' intellectual property spat.
ATO prevails against Binetter company as new evidence reveals ‘extraordinary deceit’
The Australian Taxation Office has won a long-running case over an international tax evasion scheme by a company linked to the Binetter family after uncovering evidence showing earlier judgments were secured by fraud.
Declassing orders must be ‘all or nothing’, court told in breast implants class action
A declassing bid by nine doctors in a class action on behalf of women allegedly injured by a one-size-fits-all approach to breast implant surgeries must apply to the entire proceeding, not just the claims against them, a court has heard.
Ben Roberts-Smith not ‘honest and reliable’, had motives to lie, judge says
A judge has published his reasons for tossing Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation lawsuits over publications accusing him of war crimes, saying the former SAS corporal was not "honest and reliable".