Daughter of shipping tycoon must restate claim over $500M estate

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A member of a wealthy shipping dynasty and former INXS manager Maria-Christina Perez de la Sala must go back to the drawing board in her case staking a claim to her father’s estate, after a court struck out most of her case. 

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Concrete biz owner loses suit for overtime pay after $10M sale

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The owner of a concrete business has lost his suit against the purchasers for compensation for out of hours work, with a judge finding his services agreement made clear he was to be paid a fixed annual rate of $200,000.

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Designer triumphs at High Court in fight with singer Katy Perry

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Australian designer Katie Taylor has won her High Court appeal in a fight with pop star Katy Perry over the right to trade mark her name, with the court saying a Full Court ruling in Perry’s favour “rewarded the wrongdoers”.

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In a first, judge alters contingency fee in Origin Energy class action

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A judge has granted the first-ever application to vary a contingency fee in a class action that has yet to reach settlement or judgment, but has warned his decision doesn’t set a precedent for “routine variation” of group costs orders. 

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Robodebt probe finds corrupt conduct by two officials, clears Morrison

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The NACC has released its report after a secretive investigation into six people linked to the Robodebt scandal, finding two bureaucrats engaged in serious corrupt conduct but letting former PM Scott Morrison off the hook.

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Crane firms deny anti-competitive deals made in Whatsapp chats

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Sydney’s four largest mobile crane companies have denied claims by the ACCC that agreements on a group chat to not supply cranes to certain customers and construction sites were anti-competitive.

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Class action can allege doctors passed themselves off as plastic surgeons

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A class action against Dr Daniel Lanzer and his clinic has won approval to allege that some doctors passed themselves off as plastic surgeons in social media posts, including some that included the terms #plasticsurgeon and #plasticsurgery.

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Lululemon fined $700,000 for spam breaches

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Athleticwear giant Lululemon has been hit with a $700,00 penalty for sending close to 400,000 emails that had both a commercial and promotional purpose but that did not include an unsubscribe link.

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