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‘Grossly excessive’: Energy broker can’t enforce confidentiality agreement
A judge has blasted energy broker Energy Action's bid for interim orders enforcing a confidentiality agreement against a former employee who jumped ship to a competitor, calling the bid “grossly excessive”.
Equity = equal: Western Power, Ventia must pay same in Parkerville bushfire costs, court says
Equitable contribution by Western Power, Ventia and a property owner found jointly liable for the same loss resulting from the Parkerville bushfire in WA must be mathematically equal regardless of how the liability was apportioned, a judge has found.
FWC’s ‘harsh’ comment about Mantle Group gave rise to appearance of bias, High Court told
Hospitality giant Mantle Group has asked the High Court to find a statement by a full bench of the Fair Work Commission accusing it of acting "extraordinarily and contumaciously" during a dispute about a 'sham' enterprise agreement gave rise to an appearance of bias.
Insurers to pay $1M in Axsesstoday class action settlement
Four insurers have agreed to fork over $1 million to settle an investor class action against lender Axsesstoday over an allegedly misleading prospectus for a bond offering, while claims against PricewaterhouseCoopers will move forward.
Insurers for failed finance lender Axsesstoday settle class action claims
A class action against failed asset finance lender Axsesstoday and auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers has reached an in-principle settlement with the lender's insurers.
FWC showed no bias in Mantle Group case despite ‘harsh’ remark, says Full Court
A subsidiary of hospitality giant Mantle Group has failed to set aside a Fair Work Commission decision finding it systematically underpaid employees and gave “knowingly false” evidence, with an appeals court refusing to find the decision gave rise to the appearance of bias.
Herbert Smith Freehills chases United Petroleum for costs over failed IPO dispute
Herbert Smith Freehills has filed proceedings against its former client United Petroleum, seeking costs of successfully defending a lawsuit alleging it acted negligently in relation to the company’s failed initial public offering in 2016. 
Nervous shock awards ‘snowballing’, says Sparke Helmore’s new health partner
Health law practitioners are grappling with “snowballing awards” in claims over psychiatric injuries, according to Sparke Helmore’s new health law partner. 
‘Disrespectful to the court’: Judge swipes at insurer for radio silence
The judge overseeing a suite of cases brought by holidaymakers who were seriously injured in a fatal bus collision in Vanuatu has hit out at QBE for ignoring queries about an insurance policy, as the defendants in the case scramble pass the buck for the crash. 
Ventia can’t recoup $5.6M from Western Power in bushfire class action
Subcontractor Ventia Utility Services had lost its bid to recover $5.6 million in alleged overpayments to class action group members from co-defendant Western Power, after its liability was reduced on appeal in a representative proceeding over the 2014 Perth Hills bushfire.