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With its new business model of self-funding class actions, Maurice Blackburn can’t get by with an undertaking to indemnify Macquarie for its costs if a case over flex commissions fails.
Solicitors can stay on case against Super Retail despite conflict of interest
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Super Retail has lost its bid to restrain Harmers Workplace Lawyers from acting for two former executives, despite a judge finding the firm had a conflict of interest.
Court stays Clive Palmer’s challenge to ASIC examination
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The CDPP and ASIC have succeeded in staying Clive Palmer’s case challenging the lawfulness of a seven-year-old examination, with a judge finding it would fragment criminal cases against the mining magnate.
Class action lodged in High Court on behalf of South Sudanese refugees
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A class action has been filed in the High Court, challenging the detention of South Sudanese refugees in Australian detention centres.
Rugby Australia hit with legal action by Melbourne Rebels
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The directors of the Melbourne Rebels have launched court action against Rugby Australia after the team was cut from next year’s Super Rugby Pacific competition.
NSW to face expanded class action over correctional officer’s abuse
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A judge has allowed a tweak to a class action against the state of NSW on behalf of inmates of the Dillwynia Women’s Correctional Centre who were sexually assaulted by former correctional officer Wayne Astill.
Jaguar hits back at diesel filter class action
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Jaguar Land Rover has hit back at a class action alleging it misled drivers of cars fitted with allegedly defective diesel particulate filters, saying the “wear and tear” of car parts is to be expected.
ACCC to review ‘high risk’ mergers under proposed reforms
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The Treasurer is expected to introduce legislation on Thursday that will mandate review of mergers above a certain monetary threshold and tie-ups deemed “high risk”.
EDO can’t avoid subpoena despite agreeing to pay Santos’ costs
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The Environmental Defenders Office can’t dodge a subpoena by Santos seeking material to back a bid for full indemnity costs in a failed case over a pipeline for the $5.6 billion Barossa gas project.
Super Retail says execs were fired because of their lawyers’ media release
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Super Retail says two former executives were fired because of an alleged defamatory media release published by their solicitors, who should be disqualified from the case.