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Supermarket chain Romeo’s has been hit with a second class action for allegedly underpaying managers across several stores in NSW.
Victoria, Queensland join $500M combustible cladding class actions
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The states of Victoria and Queensland have joined two class actions over allegedly combustible cladding as group members, with the claims in the proceedings now exceeding $500 million.
Telstra faces $50M penalty for ‘exploiting’ Indigenous consumers
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Telstra is facing the second highest penalty ever imposed under consumer law for signing up Indigenous customers to post-paid mobile plans, with the ACCC alleging the telco exploited social and cultural vulnerabilities and caused “severe” financial hardship and distress, with one customer scared they would be incarcerated for not paying up.
Class action firm Phi Finney McDonald launches London office
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Specialist class action law firm Phi Finney McDonald — founded just three years ago in Melbourne — is going global, with the opening of an office in London.
High Court to hear challenge to landmark ruling on casual workers’ rights
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The High Court has granted special leave to labour hire company WorkPac to challenge a Full Court judgment that granted entitlements to casual workers with regular shifts.
Doctors can’t ‘rewrite history’ as judge puts deep sleep therapy defamation case to bed
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Two psychiatrists at the heart of the Chelmsford deep sleep therapy scandal have had their defamation cases against publisher HarperCollins dismissed ,with a judge finding the lawsuits were an attempt to “rewrite history” regarding harm done to patients receiving their controversial treatment.
Solicitor fined for ‘extravagant and intemperate attack’ on opposing counsel after 9-year legal battle
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The director of a Melbourne law firm has been reprimanded and fined $10,000 for sending two letters to opposing counsel accusing him of being dishonest, following a protracted nine-year legal battle.
Late document dump in Banksia class action a ‘professional disgrace’, court told
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Last-minute discovery of emails by the solicitor facing accusations of complicity in a fraudulent scheme by his father and the barristers leading a class action over the collapse of Banksia Securities has been labelled a “professional disgrace” that has twice delayed his trial.
Banksia class action judge shoots down barrister’s proportionate liability notice
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The judge overseeing a trial over alleged misconduct by lawyers behind the Banksia class action has blasted a bid by disgraced senior counsel Norman O’Bryan to file a notice of proportionate liability ahead of his turn in the witness stand, saying the notice flew in the face of the barrister’s decision to concede defeat in the case.
CFMEU liable for officers’ refusal to produce permits, Full Court holds
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The Full Federal Court has upheld a ruling that the CFMEU was “knowingly concerned” in the refusal of union officers to produce entry permits at a Queensland building site, with the appeals court saying it was”difficult” to understand how the union was not an accessory to the contraventions of its employees.