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Logistics company drivers are independent contractors, Federal Court finds
Employment 2022-07-20 3:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has found four drivers working with transport company Avert Logistics are independent contractors despite the business supplying vehicles for them.

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Rio Tinto to pay $1B in historic tax settlement with ATO
Tax 2022-07-20 10:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

In one of the biggest tax payouts in Australian history, mining giant Rio Tinto will pay close to $1 billion to settle all disputes with the Australian Taxation Office.

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Ben Roberts-Smith witnesses had ‘powerful motive to lie’, Fairfax says
Defamation 2022-07-19 8:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Soldiers who took the stand for Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation case against Fairfax colluded on the evidence they gave of key events, counsel for Fairfax has told a judge as a long-running trial comes to a close.

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Barrister cites finding that PwC used ‘postbox’ lawyer in Noumi class action privilege spat
Class Actions 2022-07-19 4:18 pm By Sam Matthews

A fight over a global privilege claim by Noumi has been foreshadowed in a consolidated shareholder class action against the food company, formerly Freedom Foods.

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Forum Finance director failed to disclose $150,000 in assets to court
Financial Services 2022-07-19 5:40 pm By Sam Matthews

Forum Finance director Vince Tesoriero has been caught out for failing to declare over $150,000 to the court, as he took the stand to defend evidence given about his financial position in Westpac’s fraud case against him.

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Redbubble found liable again for infringing Hells Angels trade marks
Intellectual Property 2022-07-19 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

T-shirts and face masks sold on Redbubble violate Hells Angels’ trademarks, a judge has found, banning the online marketplace from further sales of infringing products and awarding damages to the motorcycle group.

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Grocon CEO Daniel Grollo sued by BOQ over $12M home loan
Construction 2022-07-19 3:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

His property development empire was saved from liquidation, but Daniel Grollo is still being hounded by creditors, with Bank of Queensland suing the Grocon CEO for the outstanding balance on a $12 million home loan.

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Izuzu targeted in class action investigation over allegedly defective utes
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-07-19 5:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The law firm whose probe into allegedly defective diesel particulate filters in Toyota cars has led to a verdict worth as much as $2 billion against the car maker has launched a class action investigation into diesel particulate filter issues with two models of Isuzu utes.

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Climate change class action urgent given ‘what is at stake’, judge says
Class Actions 2022-07-19 1:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has put a climate change class action on behalf of Torres Strait Islanders on a tight timetable and committed herself to handing down judgment soon after trial, saying the case was one of “considerable urgency”.

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New laws needed to protect Indigenous cultural IP: report
Intellectual Property 2022-07-19 4:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Productivity Commission has called for new laws that would allow traditional owners to take legal action when their cultural property is used without permission in the $250 million Aboriginal arts and crafts industry.

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