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Telstra fined $1.5M for dropping number porting during first COVID-19 wave
Telecommunications 2021-05-04 12:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Telstra has been hit with a $1.5 million fine from the the Australian Communications and Media Authority for dropping its number porting service during the first COVID-19 wave last year, leaving 42,000 customers unable to transfer their numbers away from or to new providers.

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Legal challenge to India travel ban would face high bar
COVID-19 2021-05-03 3:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

A controversial ban on Australians travelling home from India could face a legal attack for what some say is an unlawful overreaction to the COVID-19 crisis, but the prospects of success for any challenge are not clear, an expert tells Lawyerly.

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Hotel quarantine security firm sues Victoria over $9.7M in unpaid invoices
COVID-19 2021-04-30 5:45 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Victorian government has been hit with a lawsuit by a security firm tasked with looking after 12 hotels used in the state’s troubled COVID-19 hotel quarantine program which seeks more than $9.7 million for allegedly unpaid invoices.

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Group size trimmed in aged care class actions over COVID-19 outbreaks
COVID-19 2021-04-28 9:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Staff members who worked for two Melbourne aged care providers will be removed as group members in class actions accusing the homes of negligently handling the coronavirus pandemic.

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WA premier chips away at Clive Palmer’s defence in border closure defamation case
Defamation 2021-04-28 8:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has partially struck out mining magnate Clive Palmer’s defence to WA Premier Mark McGowan’s defamation claim over statements which allegedly accused the premier of corruption, abusing his position and lying about the decision to close the state’s borders at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.

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Biotech Mesoblast to be hit with class action over COVID-19 treatment disclosures
Class Actions 2021-04-22 9:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Australian regenerative medicine company Mesoblast faces a shareholder class action over disclosures related to its Remestemcel-L treatment for COVID-19 complications.

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COVID-19 lease cancellation test case filed by Sydney bar
COVID-19 2021-04-22 5:17 pm By Miklos Bolza

A shuttered upmarket cocktail bar in Sydney is seeking damages from its former landlord after the termination of its lease agreement during the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to close less than a year after opening its doors.

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Judge to decide if lockdown class action lawyer’s clients must hand over details
Class Actions 2021-04-22 3:59 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge will hear arguments by suspended lawyer Serene Teffaha, who filed a class action against the state over lockdown restrictions, over whether her clients can be made to supply their details to a Hall & Wilcox lawyer who was appointed to take over her firm.

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Solomon Lew’s retail giant The Just Group sued for $3.4M in unpaid rent
Real Estate 2021-04-20 1:28 pm By Miklos Bolza

Australian investment management group Fortius Funds Management has taken retail giant The Just Group to court seeking millions of dollars in allegedly unpaid rent for four stores in Sydney’s MidCity Shopping Centre.

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Fate of Victoria lockdown class action uncertain after lawyer’s licence suspended
Class Actions 2021-04-16 10:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The lawyer who filed a class action against the state of Victoria on behalf of residents in public housing towers who were locked down during the state’s second COVID-19 wave has had her licence suspended, raising questions about the fate of the class action.

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