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In a win for a long-running class action against US auto giant Ford on behalf of owners of 70,000 vehicles, a judge has found that cars installed with PowerShift transmissions were defective.
ACCC loses competition case against NSW Ports over 50-year deal with state
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The ACCC has lost its regulatory action against NSW Ports alleging a 50-year agreement with the state, signed when Port Botany and Port Kembla were privatised in 2013, was anti-competitive.
How a sliding doors moment led Slater and Gordon’s Andrew Paull into class actions
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If not for a “sliding doors moment” experienced soon after graduating university, Slater and Gordon class action practice group leader Andrew Paul could have ended up on a very different career path.
Liberal politician Andrew Laming sues ABC journo Louise Milligan over tweets
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Liberal party politician Andrew Laming has hit ABC Four Corners journalist Louise Milligan with a defamation lawsuit over allegedly “sensational, accusatory and spiteful” tweets intended to “irrevocably damage” his reputation.
‘Trouble and harassment’: Appeals court won’t revive Palmer’s $263M suit against CITIC
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Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy have lost a challenge to a Western Australia Supreme Court decision staying a $263 million lawsuit against Hong Kong-based CITIC, with an appeals court finding the mining giant’s decision to abandon and relitigate matters amounted to “unjustified trouble and harassment”.
Pop star Katy Perry wins privilege spat in trade mark lawsuit against designer
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US singer Katy Perry has won a ruling shielding communications with lawyers from 2009 in a trade mark dispute with Australian fashion designer Katie Perry.
Litigation funder sued for failing to register Queensland energy class action under new rules
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Energy generator Stanwell has filed a lawsuit seeking to shut down the funding for a class action brought on behalf of 50,000 customers accusing it of gaming Queenland’s energy pricing system, alleging funder LCM lacked the required licence to back the case and did not register the class action as a managed investment scheme.
Quaker asks High Court to weigh in on ‘grace period’ for publicly disclosing inventions
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US chemical company Quaker Chemical is seeking special leave from the High Court to appeal a Full Court judgment that found its patents for quickly detecting high pressure fluid injection injuries on site were not novel because the company had disclosed them in public prior to applying for registration with IP Australia.
State Street appeals loss to Maurice Blackburn in Fearless Girl dispute
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US financial services giant State Street has appealed its loss in a lawsuit brought against Maurice Blackburn over the law firm’s use of a replica of the famous Fearless Girl statue.
‘I never struck any woman’: Ben Roberts-Smith denies punching ex-girlfriend in Canberra hotel room
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Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has denied claims that he assaulted a woman with whom he was having an affair and took naked photos of her while she was unconscious after attending a Parliament House function in March 2018.