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Court OKs $59M settlement in rate-rigging class action against banks
A judge has signed off on a $59 million settlement in a class action accusing five banks of foreign exchange rate-rigging, while bemoaning the failure of successive attorneys-general to advance reforms clarifying the court’s power to make class closure orders.
Judge questions OAIC over 3-year delay in bringing Optus case
The judge overseeing three court proceedings against Optus over a 2022 data breach has questioned why it took the privacy regulator three years to file its case.
QCAT recommends ‘incompetent’ barrister be struck from roll
The tribunal has recommended that a barrister who practised without a certificate, failed to display competence in a client matter and did not comply with direct briefing rules be struck from roll.
ANZ trader seeks to delay start of trial after discovery dump
A former ANZ trader that sued the bank five years ago for allegedly sacking him for complaining about the bank's attempted manipulation of the bank bill swap rate wants the trial date pushed out after receiving thousands of documents from the bank.
Mastercard says privilege shouldn’t be lost after junior lawyer’s ‘genuine mistake’
Mastercard says legal professional privilege remained over a document after a junior lawyer "inadvertently" sent it to the ACCC in 2020 while the credit card giant was trying to dissuade the regulator from continuing an investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct.
Ashurst’s failure to register client’s $51M interest over Infinity pharmacies an ‘oversight’: court
A junior Ashurst lawyer's failure to register a drug wholesaler's $51 million security interest over a group of Infinity pharmacies was inadvertent, a judge has found in granting a bid to extend the deadline for registration.
Magnis Energy misses deadline in ASIC’s battery plant disclosure case
Magnis Energy Technologies has missed the deadline to file its evidence in ASIC proceedings over allegedly misleading disclosures about its lithium ion battery plant, with a court hearing the company's new lawyers have not had a chance to brief counsel. 
Former Labor MP, now workplace umpire not DQ’d from ‘same pay’ cases: court
A judge has dismissed a bid by a group of labour hire companies to disqualify former Labor MP now Fair Work Commission deputy president Terri Butler from same job, same pay cases for apprehended bias.
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Gateway Capital scoops up Sydney warehouse from Blackstone for $800M industrial portfolio
Gateway Capital has acquired a warehouse in Sydney's Eastern Creek from private equity firm Blackstone for $75 million as part its plan to build a $800 million industrial and logistics portfolio.
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NSW Port Authority can shield cabinet docs in $300M suit over Glebe Island deal
The Port Authority of NSW has won its claim for public interest immunity over six cabinet documents in a suit by a defunct sand importer over a lease agreement for a mulit-user facility at Glebe Island, with a judge finding they had little forensic value.