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Law firm investigates ‘loyalty tax’ class action against Suncorp
Class Actions 2025-08-28 1:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Insurance giant Suncorp faces a class action investigation on behalf of millions of home and car insurance customers who were allegedly misled about their premiums and charged a so-called loyalty tax.

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Westpac’s $130M settlement in flex commissions class action approved
Financial Services 2025-08-28 2:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has signed off on Westpac’s $130 million settlement in a class action over flexible commissions paid to car dealers, bringing to an end three cases brought by Maurice Blackburn against lenders.

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Class action against NSW Liberals seeks third go at pleading
Class Actions 2025-08-28 11:14 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A class action on behalf of nearly 150 NSW Liberal Party members who claim party officials failed to lodge their nomination forms ahead of the 2024 local government elections is seeking leave to file a third mended statement of claim.

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Ex-senator Linda Reynolds wins $315K in defamation case against Brittany Higgins
Defamation 2025-08-27 1:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former senator Linda Reynolds has won $315,000 in damages in her defamation case against ex-staffer Brittany Higgins over social media posts that allegedly implied she mishandled rape allegations against Bruce Lehrmann.

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Piper Alderman appeals loss in fight to run Google ad tech class action
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-27 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Piper Alderman is appealing a decision that stayed its competition class action against Google in favour of a competing case, saying group members had been deprived of a “substantially superior” funding model.

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Fonterra, Bega settle row over licences in wake of $3.8B sale to Lactalis
Intellectual Property 2025-08-26 2:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fonterra said Tuesday it had settled a dispute with Bega Cheese over the status of lucrative licence agreements as part of a $3.8 billion sale of its Australian business to French dairy company Lactalis.

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Clough appeals stay of $54M cross-claim in EnergyConnect spat with Elecnor
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-25 11:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

Engineering firm Clough Projects Australia is challenging a judge’s order staying its $54 million cross-claim against former Energy Connection joint venture partner Elecnor.

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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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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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Former Wallaby snaps up Riverina pub for $50M
Real Estate 2025-08-21 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

Former Wallabies player Bill Young has bought the Gem Hotel in Griffith for a reported purchase price of $50 million, in a deal which broker HTL Property said set a new record for pub sales.  HTL Property announced on Wednesday that it brokered the deal between publican Jim Knox and former Wallabies player turned businessman…

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