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NSW Health to pay $230M to settle junior doctors class action
Class Actions 2024-04-23 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Tens of thousands of junior doctors who allege they were systemically underpaid have reached a $230 million settlement with NSW Health, the largest settlement ever […]

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‘Deliberately wicked’: Ten says Lehrmann should pay indemnity costs from day he filed case
Defamation 2024-04-23 2:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Network Ten has argued accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann should pay indemnity costs from the date he launched his unsuccessful defamation case, saying he brought it on a “deliberately wicked and calculated basis”.

Judge warns wealth guru Dominique Grubisa to look ‘elsewhere’ in bid to stay ACCC case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-04-23 12:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Sydney lawyer and wealth guru Dominique Grubisa is challenging a finding in an ACCC case that her seminars made misleading statements and has sought to pause the court action until her appeal is heard, a bid a judge has warned won’t be “favourably received” by him.

‘It does seem very odd’: Judge questions Victoria’s bid to strike out housing class action
Class Actions 2024-04-23 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge hearing the Victorian government’s bid to knock out a class action over its decision to retire Melbourne’s high-rise public housing towers has questioned the state’s submission that the decision had “no effect” on the rights of tenants.

‘You have to do this now’: ASIC head urges businesses to prepare for climate reporting now
Policy and Regulation 2024-04-23 11:43 pm By Andy Sidler

The head of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has urged businesses not to put off compliance with mandatory climate disclosures until after legislation has passed, saying while it was too early for the regulator to set out an enforcement plan, it wasn’t too early to be prepared.

UniSuper accused of greenwashing over Transurban investment
Greenwashing 2024-04-23 10:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Environmental Defenders Office has lodged a complaint with ASIC on behalf of a member of UniSuper, accusing the Australian superannuation fund of greenwashing its products by mislabelling them as ‘sustainable’. 

AMA Group reaches settlement with former CEO Andrew Hopkins
Employment 2024-04-23 11:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former AMA Group CEO Andrew Hopkins has agreed to pay the car repair giant a confidential sum to settle claims he defrauded the company of $3 million and breached his fiduciary duties.

Jones Day beefs up financial markets practice in Australia
Corporate 2024-04-23 1:35 pm By Andy Sidler

Jones Day is growing its domestic financial markets team with the recruitment of a partner from Baker McKenzie and the transfer of a 17-year veteran from the firm’s London office.

Judge worries about perception that FWO treated CFMEU ‘more equal than others’
Employment 2024-04-22 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has expressed concern that a “bizarre” last-minute settlement in a long-running case against the CFMEU could damage the public perception of the FWO as a model litigant, saying it could appear that the ombudsman treated some perpetrators as “more equal” than others. 

In spat over $365,000 bill, court finds law firm failed to make ongoing disclosures to client
Legal Ethics 2024-04-22 3:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that a law firm failed in its duty to provide ongoing costs disclosures, in a fight over a legal bill that […]

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