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PwC sued for $32M over Pioneer Credit accounting advice
Financial Services 2023-10-31 11:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Financial services provider Pioneer Credit has taken auditor PwC to court, claiming $32 million in loss and damages over its advice on how the company […]

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Former Ord Minnett wealth adviser barred from soliciting clients
Employment 2023-10-25 6:17 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has granted wealth manager Ord Minnett’s bid for injunctions preventing a former senior wealth adviser from soliciting its clients. In a decision handed […]

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Akzo Nobel loses bid to transfer case worth ‘billions’ over Ichthys LNG project
Construction 2023-10-20 9:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Dutch paint company Akzo Nobel has lost its bid to transfer a case over the $45 billion Ichthys natural gas project to state court in […]

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Trial vacated in WA stolen wages class action
Class Actions 2023-10-17 2:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

A trial in a class action against Western Australia on behalf of First Nations workers seeking to recover stolen wages has been pushed off, suggesting […]

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Solicitor closed law firm to dodge barrister’s fees, tribunal hears
Legal Ethics 2023-10-05 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

A solicitor has been found guilty of professional misconduct for shuttering his law practice to avoid paying a barrister’s $137,000 bill and for repeatedly failing […]

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Fairfax loses strike-out bid in defamation suit over Facebook comments
Defamation 2023-10-05 11:34 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has denied Fairfax’s bid to strike out allegations by a Western Australian businessman that it was the publisher of allegedly defamatory comments that […]

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Law firm blocked from acting in case against land developer Tina Bazzo
Legal Ethics 2023-09-25 12:10 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has restrained a Perth law firm from acting in a case against developer Tina Bazzo and her husband, finding an information barrier protocol […]

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Judge’s service with silk on chambers’ board gave rise to appearance of bias: court
Legal Ethics 2023-09-22 4:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has set aside findings of professional misconduct against a Perth solicitor who allegedly failed to pay a silk $23,000 in fees after […]

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Lawyer who sought to frustrate investigation not fit to practice, court says
Legal Ethics 2023-09-11 11:43 pm By Sam Matthews

A solicitor who sought to frustrate a legal complaint body’s investigation into correspondence sent on his firm’s letterhead is not fit to practice, a state […]

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Citing ‘human cost of litigation’, judge urges settlement in Linda Reynolds defamation case
Defamation 2023-08-25 10:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The judge hearing a lawsuit by senator Linda Reynolds against the partner of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins over allegedly defamatory social media posts has […]

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