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A judge has halted a lawsuit by an international law firm against a former director who formed a breakaway law firm with two Australian lawyers and lured lucrative oil and gas clients away from the firm.
Rugby Australia loses WIPO dispute over wallabies.com.au
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Rugby Australia, which manages national rugby union team the Wallabies, has lost its claim to the wallabies.com.au domain, which is owned by a Perth company and features pictures and links to articles about the cute marsupials.
Liquidator loses appeal to block evidence as ATO aims at 10 year ban
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An appeals court has dismissed a challenge by Veritas Advisory principal liquidator David Iannuzzi to the admissibility of evidence submitted by the Australian Taxation Office in the agency’s case seeking compensation and a 10-year ban.
Commonwealth Bank wants to shut down one of two rival class actions
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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched a bid to stay a shareholder class action brought by boutique law firm Phi Finney McDonald after the firm retreated from a plan to consolidate its case with a competing class action run by rival Maurice Blackburn.
ASIC slams banks for ‘unreasonable’ delays in fees-for-no-service reviews
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Most of the country’s major financial institutions have still not conducted a systemic review of their fees-for-no-service failures, according to ASIC, which called the delays “unreasonable”.
Bellamy’s keeps up fight for cost capping in joint class actions
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Baby food maker Bellamy’s is not giving up its fight to limit the costs of two shareholder class actions against the company, lodging an appeal of a ruling that shut down its cost-capping bid as premature.
Clayton Utz hands over AMP docs to ASIC, ending legal stoush
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Legal action brought by the corporate regulator over withheld documents at the centre of an investigation into AMP’s fees for no service conduct has settled, with law firm Clayton Utz producing the evidence on Thursday.
Court lifts injunction, allows Allianz Stadium demolition to begin
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The NSW Land and Environment Court has shot down attempts to further delay demolition work as part of the $729 million redevelopment of Sydney’s Allianz Stadium.
‘Inoffensive drunkenness’ at work party not grounds for firing, FWC says
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An employee of electrical contractor Ryan Wilks who was fired for getting drunk at a co-worker’s farewell party can have her job back, the Fair Work Commission has found, saying most Australians would face the ax if “inoffensive drunkenness” were grounds for sacking someone.
CFMMEU fined $55,000 for pressuring worker to join union
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The CFMMEU has been hit with a $55,080 penalty after a judge found the union pressured a landscaper to join despite only being contracted to work for a couple of days.