Barrister loses bid to appeal in fight with solicitors over cavoodle case fees

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A barrister who won a defamation case against Nine over an Instagram-famous cavoodle has lost her bid to appeal a ruling in a fight with her former solicitors over fees.

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Contempt bid against Nine’s in-house lawyers, journalists dismissed

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A judge has tossed an application for a contempt hearing against in-house lawyers, editors and journalists at Nine who allegedly breached suppression orders in a former ABC radio host’s unfair dismissal case.

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Discrimination class action against NT police could raise ‘massive issue’: judge

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A racial discrimination class action against the Northern Territory government and its police commissioner could “call into question” policing across the territory, a judge has said.

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CBA faces union action for alleged offshoring of hundreds of jobs

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The Finance Sector Union has taken Commonwealth Bank to the Fair Work Commission over the alleged “sham redundancy” of over 100 positions it says are being offshored to India in breach of an enterprise agreement.

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Class action alleges developer backed out of sales after market spiked

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Developer Dennis Family Corporation has been hit with class action by purchasers of apartment units in Brisbane who allege their contracts were wrongly terminated after the market value of neighbouring properties soared by 40 per cent. 

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Acciona’s takeover of waste-to-energy plant sparks ACCC concerns

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The ACCC is concerned Acciona’s proposed acquisition of the East Rockingham waste-to-energy project would remove competition between the only two such facilities in Western Australia. 

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ASIC wins travel ban, citing possible $640M in Keystone, Falcon investor losses

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ASIC has won travel bans against two people who are being investigated over their links to Keystone and Falcon Capital funds, which are suspected of misusing investor money, after the regulator claimed losses could be “catastrophic”. 

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Atlantic Nickel can’t dodge new version of mining company’s $1B case

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Atlantic Nickel has lost a challenge to further amendments to a case by failed suitor Mining Services International that alleges it lost the opportunity to purchase a Brazilian mine now valued at over $1 billion.

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