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Solicitor’s defamation case against Victoria’s State Revenue Office revived
A former solicitor at the Victorian state revenue office who was dismissed after alleged sexual harassment and “scandalous staring” has won his appeal in a defamation case against the Victorian government, with the case being sent to a judge for trial.
Property developer Sasha Hopkins to face ASIC grilling
Embattled property developer Sasha Hopkins will face a compulsory examination by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission over the activities of his company A Team Property Group.
Pitcher Partners wants $127M Twigg family lawsuit heard in Victoria
Pitcher Partners has filed a bid to transfer a $127 million lawsuit brought by the Twigg family alleging the accounting firm helped Max Twigg misappropriate $127.8 million in family trust money for himself.
Justice is colour-blind: Loss for Nick Scali not indictment on white furniture, says VCAT
Nick Scali has been ordered to refund a disgruntled customer $1,600 for a white leather chair that discoloured mere months after use.
King & Wood Mallesons nabs Gilbert + Tobin competition ace
Top tier law firm King & Wood Mallesons has lured leading competition lawyer Luke Woodward to bolster its regulatory practice.
Barrister, solicitors must pay costs for ‘negligent’ post-appeal work in oppression case
Lawyers who were found to be negligent in drafting orders after a successful appeal in a corporate oppression case have to foot their own costs after incurring “wasted or unnecessary” fees, an appeals court has held.
QSuper says any class action recoveries can’t go to law firm, funder
QSuper has hit back at a class action over its alleged failure to notify members of changes to its premiums, saying group members failed to heed a “large font” notice of the changes and that any recoveries cannot be paid out to the law firm and funder running the litigation.
University sued by union over ‘inaccurate’ workload formula
The National Tertiary Education Industry Union has brought proceedings against the University of the Sunshine Coast for allegedly allocating teaching and research work to academic staff that did not “accurately reflect the time taken to do the work”.
French Bulldog breeder wins defamation case over ‘puppy farm’ Facebook posts
A French Bulldog breeder has won a defamation case over Facebook comments calling her business a ‘puppy farm’.
‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick sued for $500,000 over mining tenements
Mining company Moina Gold has sued Joseph 'Diamond Joe' Gutnick for $500,000 it says it is owed over an alleged botched contract to explore three mineral tenements in Tasmania.