Booktopia agrees on penalty in ACCC case over ‘misleading’ refund policy

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Booktopia has resolved a case by the consumer regulator alleging the online book retailer’s policy that required customers to request a refund within two business days of purchase was misleading.

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Wrong plaintiff, wrong defendant: Payton Securities unit loses professional negligence case

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Investment manager Payton Securities has lost a bid to recoup claimed losses over $1.4 million stemming from an allegedly negligent property valuation by Bertacco Ferrier, with a judge finding that the company had not retained the valuer and was not a party to the valuation.

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Sleeping Virgin flight attendant’s dismissal harsh and unfair, FWC says

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A long-serving Virgin Australia flight attendant who was found sleeping on the job was unfairly sacked given the length of her employment with the airline, the Fair Work Commission has found.

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Seven files ‘urgent’ lawsuit over Commonwealth Games software

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Broadcaster Seven has filed court proceedings against a production firm it partners with to broadcast the Olympic Games for allegedly refusing to hand over software it needs for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

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Bayer wants to amend Xarelto patent at centre of Sandoz’s invalidity claim

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German pharmaceutical giant Bayer, which is facing a legal bid by generic drug maker Sandoz to invalidate patents covering blood clot drug Xarelto, is seeking to amend one of the patents in dispute.

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Christian Porter loses appeal after silk barred from acting in defamation case

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Former Attorney-General Christian Porter has lost his challenge to a ruling that barred silk Sue Chrysanthou from representing him in his now-settled defamation lawsuit against the ABC over its coverage of historical rape allegations.

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‘No relationship’ with reality: Judge rails against ‘grossly inflated’ security estimate

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A judge has slammed a “grossly inflated” estimate of legal costs relied on during a security for costs bid by non-bank lender Aquamore Finance in an appeal over a commercial loan accruing compound interest of 79 per cent per year.

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ACCC blesses Aurizon, One Rail merger with sale of east coast assets

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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the OK to Aurizon’s proposed $2.3 billion acquisition of rail haulage company One Rail, after accepting a court-enforceable undertaking from Aurizon to sell One Rail’s east coast business.

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Lawyer who acted for both sides in employment case loses appeal of misconduct finding

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A court has rejected an appeal by a lawyer who acted for both sides in an employment dispute between a company and its former managing director and advised the director to “take and park” over $370,000 from the company account as leverage.

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