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Fairfax Media has asked a court to lift a suppression order on the name of a proposed witness the Daily Telegraph had sought to call in Geoffrey Rush’s defamation trial, which the actor won earlier this month.
Quantum used threats to push its property managers on affordable housing scheme participants, ACCC claims
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The consumer regulator has dragged Western Australia’s Quantum Housing and its sole director to court for allegedly engaging in unconscionable conduct and false, misleading or deceptive conduct in relation to a government-sponsored affordable housing program that incentivises below-market rentals.
Flight Centre faces court action by workers for alleged systemic underpayment
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Flight Centre has been hit with legal action on behalf of employees accusing the travel giant of short-changing its workers through commission-based payments.
King & Wood Mallesons lands two dispute resolution hotshots
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International law firm King & Wood Mallesons has nabbed two leading litigators to bolster the ranks of its dispute resolution practice, the firm said Friday.
Wilson Security can roster overtime to dodge Sunday penalty rates, appeals court confirms
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Security guard union United Voice has lost a challenge to a ruling that found Wilson Security could legally allocate overtime to Sundays over a four-week roster to avoid paying penalty rates.
Nine defamed British tourist with ‘coward punch’ broadcast, court finds
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Nine Network has been ordered to pay a British tourist $100,000 in a defamation suit over a news broadcast that aired following his acquittal on assault charges related to a brawl with rugby player that used the term “coward punch” to describe the dust-up.
Red Bull wins cancellation of Bullsone’s trade mark after auto parts company a no-show
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Energy drink giant Red Bull has won judgment against South Korea’s Bullsone in a battle over the auto parts company’s Australian trade mark for a leaping red and black bull.
Forex trader Berndale Capital placed into receivership
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won its bid for a court order placing Melbourne-based forex trader Berndale Capital into receivership for allegedly failing to safeguard client money.
Qantas can’t appeal sacked worker’s late unfair dismissal case
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Qantas has failed in its bid to appeal a decision by the Fair Work Commission to allow a terminated employee’s late unfair dismissal application to proceed because the worker’s solicitor was to blame for the delay.
PE company sues to enforce $161M arbitration award against Spain
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Two units of private equity company Antin Infrastructure Partners have taken their legal battle with Spain to Australian court, filing a lawsuit to enforce a $161 million arbitration award related to investments the companies made in two solar plants in southern Spain.