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Qatar Airways passengers file High Court challenge over strip searches
Appeals 2025-08-21 11:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Five passengers who were forced off a Qatar Airways flight and strip searched at Doha International Airport have taken their case to the High Court after a finding that Qatar’s aviation authority was immune from the suit. 

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IG Markets owes $5.5M to client who traded CFDs on ‘test’ market
Financial Services 2025-08-21 11:10 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Online trading platform IG Markets must pay over $5.5 million in damages to a customer, with a court finding a contract term that purportedly allowed it to reverse transactions made in error was unfair.

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High Court won’t hear Corporate Air appeal over payment for stand-by duty
Employment 2025-08-21 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Aviation company Corporate Air Charter has exhausted its avenues of appeal in a case over pay for pilots on stand-by duty.

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Gadens nabs three corporate partners from Allens, Mills Oakley
Business of Law 2025-08-21 11:06 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Gadens has poached three partners from Allens and Mills Oakley to grow its corporate practice. 

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Class action law firm not so lucky in second bid for 35% contingency fee
Class Actions 2025-08-20 11:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has cut a 35 per cent contingency fee sought by a law firm running a shareholder class action against Origin Energy, even after a different judge approved the rate in a separate case by the firm.

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Plus500 says class action must arbitrate claims over CFDs
Class Actions 2025-08-20 11:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Online trader Plus500 is seeking to stay a class action on behalf of investors who lost money trading in highly leveraged financial products, telling a court the applicant signed an agreement forcing the dispute into arbitration. 

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Ten attacks Bruce Lehrmann’s ‘perverse’ bid for damages in defamation appeal
Defamation 2025-08-20 11:35 pm By Sam Matthews

Network Ten has attacked the “perversity” of ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s argument that a judge’s finding that he raped former colleague Brittany Higgins should be overturned because the trial judge did not accept every detail of Higgins’ account. 

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Macquarie’s car loan class action settlement wins court OK
Dion Fahey 2025-08-20 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has signed off on Macquarie Leasing’s settlement in one of three class actions against lenders over flexible commissions paid to car dealers.

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Corrs Chambers nabs corporate partner from Gilbert + Tobin
Business of Law 2025-08-20 1:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has lured a corporate lawyer who spent 14 years working at Gilbert + Tobin, its latest hire from the rival firm.

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High Court’s PepsiCo ruling means Christmas came early for many multinationals
Analysis 2025-08-19 11:29 pm By Sam Matthews

While multinational companies will welcome a recent High Court decision that let PepsiCo off the hook for royalty withholding tax and diverted profits tax, experts agree the decision won’t provide a carte blanche to skirt taxes.

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