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Blockbuster loses appeal over franchisee’s unauthorised sale
Blockbuster has struck out in its challenge to a ruling that it could not recover a cent from a husband and wife franchisee after the pair sold the store's assets without consent and admitted to breaching the franchise agreement.
Slater & Gordon vies for AMP shareholders with ‘best deal’ yet
Not to be outdone by other class action firms vying to recruit AMP shareholders for a $2 billion class action, Slater & Gordon announced Friday it would offer investors "the most competitive funding package of all".
Quinn Emanuel brings class action against AMP
Law firm Quinn Emanuel has filed the first shareholder class action against AMP ahead of the beleaguered company's annual general meeting on Thursday.
Brambles faces 2nd potential class action over rosy forecasts
Class action firm Slater & Gordon is preparing an investor class action against logistics company Brambles over alleged misstatements about revenue and sales growth for the 2017 financial year.
Union can’t stall case over picketing at robo-terminal
A judge has shot down a union bid to stall a lawsuit over picketing at the new 'robo' terminal in Port Melbourne pending the outcome of an appeal challenging the merger of the CFMEU with two other unions.
Legislation that would have blocked CFMEU merger not dead, MP says
The Turnbull government will continue to pursue legislation that would have blocked the merger of the Construction, Forestry and Energy Union with two other unions by submitting the amalgamation to a public interests test.
Slater & Gordon considers pelvic mesh class action
Slater and Gordon is mulling a class action on behalf of women who suffered complications after receiving a pelvic mesh implant, in the wake of a damning parliamentary report on the controversial devices.
Slater and Gordon looks at Tathra bushfire class action
Residents and property owners whose homes were damaged or destroyed after a bushfire in Tathra, NSW -- believed to have been sparked by an Essential Energy power line -- are being invited to join a potential class action by Slater and Gordon.
FWC won’t delay super union merger
The Fair Work Commission has refused a bid by an employer group to halt the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and two other unions while a challenge is heard.
Slater and Gordon seeks costs for CFMEU merger objections
Slater and Gordon is seeking costs for defending against unsuccessful challenges brought by two industry groups to the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union with two other unions.