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Clyde & Co has boosted its corporate insurance and commercial offering by luring a partner from Gilchrist Connell.
‘Very concerned’: Judge wants to hear from late EML class action members
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A judge has adjourned a hearing seeking approval of a $37.35 million settlement in a shareholder class action against EML Payments over concerns about the exclusion of late registrants and claims.
NSW Police to appeal ruling in strip search class action
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The NSW government is planning to appeal a ruling that ordered it to pay $93,000 in damages to the lead plaintiff in a class action over police strip search at music festivals.
Herald Sun wants to shut down Groth privacy case before trial
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The publisher of the Herald Sun has filed a strike-out application against novel privacy claims by the wife of Victorian Liberals’ deputy leader Sam Groth, saying it was exempt as a news outlet.
Fraudster Chris Marco cops record 14-year sentence for Ponzi scheme
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A court has slapped a 14-year jail term on Perth businessman Chris Marco, after a jury found him guilty of 43 charges connected to a $34 million fraud on investors.
Class action can encourage Dillwynia inmates to sign up, court says
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A class action by inmates in the Dillwynia Women’ s Correctional Centre who were allegedly sexually assaulted by a corrections officer can send a notice encouraging — but not requiring — group members to sign up.
IVF rebate class action faces bid to cut egg donors from case
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The federal government has flagged its intention to bring a strike-out application to narrow the group member definition in a class action by single women and same-sex couples who were denied Medicare rebates for IVF.
Calibre can’t get docs from owners in $356M Werribee shopping centre suit
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Engineering firm Calibre can’t get minutes of meetings involving Probuild and the owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria to defend itself in $356 million defects suit.
Subcontractor to intervene in case over DOCA for Roberts Co’s Victorian arm
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One of 50 subcontractors left unpaid after Victoria’s Department of Education nixed three construction project contracts with failed builder Roberts Co (VIC) is set to join in proceedings seeking declarations under a deed of company arrangement.
CBRE hits back at claims employee was falsely accused of killing rabbit
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CBRE has denied taking unlawful adverse action against an employee who alleges he was forced to continue working with a manager who falsely accused him of killing his rabbit and asked him which female co-workers he would have sex with.