Ex-Norton Rose lawyer can appeal privilege ruling over partner communications in feud with firm

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A terminated Norton Rose Fulbright partner has won a bid to challenge a ruling in his dispute with the law firm that denied him access to communications between partners on the grounds that the documents were privileged.

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Judge slashes compensation with $50M payout in WestConnex land dispute

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Two companies owned by the ex-director of Dial A Dump have failed in a bid to secure $584 million in compensation for land compulsorily acquired by the NSW Government for the WestConnex project, with the court granting them less than 10 per cent of that amount.

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Judge dismisses ‘puzzling’ bid to boot FW Projects liquidators

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Two construction companies have lost what a court has called a “puzzling” bid to oust the liquidators of collapsed FW Projects amidst a legal battle in the NSW Supreme Court over the property developer’s remaining assets.

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Vocus to refund customers over misleading claims for second time in a month

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Vocus Group’s energy brands Dodo and CovaU have promised to refund their customers after being been fined more than $50,000 by the consumer watchdog over allegedly misleading claims about percentage discounts on energy plans.

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ASIC wants ban on unsolicited insurance sales calls

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The corporate watchdog has proposed a complete ban on unsolicited telephone sales of life insurance and consumer credit insurance, as an urgent placeholder ahead of wider reforms recommended after last year’s banking royal commission.

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Celebrity chef George Calombaris back-pays $7.8 million to underpaid staff

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The Melbourne restaurant group founded by celebrity chef George Calombaris has back-paid $7.8 million to more than 500 workers, after a Fair Work investigation uncovered significant staff underpayments.

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Shifting sands: orders for defendants to produce insurance policies in class actions

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We have started to see the Federal Court use its discretionary powers in respect of class actions to order defendants to disclose their insurance policies to plaintiffs. The emergence of these disclosure orders is an example of the flexible and pragmatic approach increasingly being adopted by the Federal Court in class actions, say Johnson Winter & Slattery’s Frances Dreyer and Nicholas Briggs.

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CEO taken to court for allegedly paying nanny $2.33 an hour

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The CEO of a property development company faces enforcement action by the Fair Work Ombudsman for allegedly paying his nanny $2.33 an hour for over 100 hours of work a week.

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