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Consumer goods maker Pental Ltd will pay $700,000 in penalties after admitting it misled customers about its ‘flushable’ White King toilet and bathroom cleaner wipes.
Thermomix fined $4.6M for keeping lid on mixer burn danger
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Kitchen appliance company Thermomix has been hit with a $4.6 million penalty for failing to warn customers of the risk of serious burns associated with its high-end mixer.
At S&P class action trial, city treasurer accused of being ‘careless’
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A former treasurer for Coffs Harbour City Council was “careless” for not analysing the financial products he invested millions of dollars of the city’s funds into, a lawyer for ANZ said last week at a class action trial against the bank and US ratings agency S&P Global.
ObjectiVision expert under fire in IP dispute with University of Sydney
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In a long-running intellectual property fight with the University of Sydney, an expert witness for ophthalmic diagnostic device maker ObjectiVision has been grilled in the witness box over a report that claims parts of the company’s AccuMap system was copied.
Rush claims Nationwide grasping for subpoena in defamation case
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A barrister for actor Geoffrey Rush has accused Nationwide News of wanting to change its defence purely to gain access to Sydney Theatre Company documents blocked by an earlier judgment.
Aldi tells court union dodging attempts to resolve driver dispute
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Supermarket chain Aldi Foods has made several attempts to negotiate with its drivers’ union in a long running industrial dispute, but the union refuses to sit down for talks, a court heard last week.
ASIC brings criminal case against Clive Palmer
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Queensland mining tycoon and former MP Clive Palmer has been hit with a criminal case alleging he violated takeover laws by failing to make an offer after issuing a publicly proposed takeover bid for timeshare business The President’s Club Ltd.
Qantas can’t use lawyer in unfair dismissal case, FWC rules again
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Qantas has struck out a second time in a week in a bid to have an outside lawyer represent it in proceedings before the Fair Work Commission, with a commissioner saying Thursday the airline was “more than capable” of representing itself.
Judge criticizes class action cost consultants again
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Federal Court Justice Michael Lee has again weighed in on the use of cost consultants to assess legal fees in class actions, saying that they should be “consigned to the dustbin of procedural history.”
General counsel latest to be charged over G8 scandal
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A general counsel and a board member of a company linked to embattled G8 Education head Jennifer Joan Hutson are the latest to be charged over the childcare operator’s failed takeover bid for a rival.