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Star Entertainment directors, execs targeted in new ASIC action
ASIC 2022-12-13 9:24 am By Christine Caulfield

The corporate cop has named eleven current and former Star Entertainment directors and officers in a civil penalty case alleging breaches of duties in relation to the company’s non compliance with anti-money laundering laws.

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Law firm drops ‘bombshell’, wants settlement in class action after running out of money
Employment 2022-12-13 4:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has described as “extraordinary” a law firm’s argument that the court should approve a $5.8 million settlement in an underpayments class action against the On The Run convenience store chain partly because it ran out of funds to take the case to trial.

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Dixon Advisory insurers lose bid to limit disclosure of plan details in class action
Insurance 2022-12-13 10:08 pm By Sam Matthews

Two Dixon Advisory insurers have lost a bid to limit the details of insurance policies handed over to a class action purported to worth $463 million, after a judge’s ruled the collapsed wealth manager should disclose its insurance for liability in the case.

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Zoetis vaccine class action applicant can’t fight adverse costs after unsuccessful case
Class Actions 2022-12-13 4:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has found the applicant in a dismissed class action against animal health giant Zoetis is liable for the company’s defence costs in the case centering on alleged serious side effects of horse vaccine Equivac.

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Court approves GCO in ‘junk’ insurance class action against Allianz
Class Actions 2022-12-13 1:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has signed off on a group costs order in class action against Allianz over add-on car insurance that will give plaintiff law firms Johnson Winter & Slattery and Maurice Blackburn no more than 25 per cent of any resolution in the case.

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Banksia judge rejects recusal push by senior barrister’s wife
Class Actions 2022-12-12 4:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

Companies associated with the wife of disgraced senior barrister Norman O’Bryan can’t get a new judge to hear their battle against a third-party costs summons that would make them jointly liable for a $21.5 million judgment for investors in a class action over Banksia Securities’ collapse.

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Barrister was scared to return to chambers after Nine’s ‘cavoodle caper’, court told
Trials 2022-12-12 9:29 pm By Sam Matthews

A Sydney barrister was embarrassed and afraid to return to chambers following Channel Nine’s allegedly defamatory coverage of her custody battle for famed social media pooch Oscar the cavoodle, a court has heard.

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Bellamy’s sued by former CEO for alleged sex discrimination
Employment 2022-12-12 8:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The former chief executive officer of baby food producer Bellamy’s Organic has sued her former employer for over $400,000, claiming it discriminated against her by offering a salary that was one-third of what her male predecessor earned.

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COVID-19 hotel quarantine class action fights state’s bid for stay
Class Actions 2022-12-12 9:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of businesses claiming harm from the 2020 hotel quarantine debacle has fought back against the state of Victoria’s bid to push the case off until a criminal action against the state’s Department of Health has been heard.

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Cladding supplier fights to keep class action from accessing sales figures
Product Liability 2022-12-12 1:56 pm By Sam Matthews

The Australian supplier of alleged combustible cladding is opposing a class action applicant’s bid for information ahead of settlement talks on the quantity of cladding sold in the country between 2009 and 2019.

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