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Fertility clinic Monash IVF says there are “serious questions” about whether a class action that accuses it of destroying viable embryos was validly commenced as a class action.
Lawyer accused of ‘abysmal arrogance’ wins appeal of $360,000 defamation award
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A lawyer who a judge accused of “abysmal arrogance and sense of privilege” has won her appeal of a ruling ordering her to pay $360,000 to her Balmain neighbour after a long-running property dispute culminated in an allegedly defamatory interview that was broadcast to over one million TV viewers on A Current Affair.
Accused fraudster Melissa Caddick spent every cent of investors’ money, liquidator says
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Missing Sydney businesswomen Melissa Caddick was “meticulous and systematic” in generating fake financial records but never made a single investment, pocketing tens of millions of dollars from unwitting family and friends, liquidators say.
Court to hear another COVID-19 business interruption test case
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A group representing insurers has filed another test case over pandemic coverage in business interruption policies, following a landmark loss in a test case concerning an infectious disease exclusion that could cost insurers $10 billion.
Patent attorneys who jumped ship hit back in Pizzeys client poaching lawsuit
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Two patent attorneys being sued by boutique IP firm Pizzeys Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys have hit back against claims they misused confidential information to poach clients, arguing the terms of the non-compete restraint in their employment contracts were “unclear”, “unreasonable” and “unenforceable”.
Judge to hear first application for group costs order in ANZ, Westpac class actions
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The first ever application for a group costs order will be heard in class actions against ANZ and Westpac, and the judge weighing the application has urged the parties to think carefully about the evidence they will submit in support of their bid for a cut of any settlement or judgment.
Baker McKenzie repped client for two and half years that did not exist, court told
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For two and a half years, law firm Baker McKenzie represented a client in class action litigation over allegedly defective pelvic mesh products that did not exist, a court has heard.
$27M settlement rejected in pelvic mesh class action, group members may learn
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The rejection of a $27 million settlement offer in a class action over American Medical Systems’ pelvic mesh products may be included in a proposed opt out notice, with a judge mulling whether to inform group members about a little used law which allows one lead applicant to take over from another.
Herbert Smith Freehills advice to Horizon Oil protected by privilege, judge rules
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Horizon Oil has won its bid to shield Herbert Smith Freehills documents advising the company did not breach foreign bribery laws from being revealed in a defamation lawsuit brought against Fairfax Media by a Papua New Guinea government Minister.
Individuals who blow the whistle on misconduct to get immunity under new ASIC policy
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Legal experts say a new policy unveiled by ASIC allowing individuals involved in serious violations of the Corporations Act to seek immunity in exchange for blowing the whistle on their co-conspirators will go a long way towards helping the regulator uncover “hidden and secretive” misconduct.