Viagogo slugged with $7M penalty for duping customers on ‘industrial scale’

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Viagogo has been ordered to pay a $7 million penalty for misleading customers into thinking the ticket reseller was an official vendor and failing to disclose booking fees of around 28 per cent.

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Banksia judge to hear case against lawyer Alex Elliott after appeals court nixes recusal bid

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An appeals court has dismissed a second bid by lawyer Alex Elliott to have the judge overseeing the Banksia class action disqualified from hearing claims that he, like his late father, was party to an alleged fraudulent scheme in running the litigation.

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‘Battle of the burgers’: McDonald’s fires up claim over cheeky Hungry Jack’s ad

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Fast food giant McDonald’s will expand its lawsuit against rival Hungry Jack’s to bring a misleading and deceptive conduct allegation over an ad that claims the Big Jack burger is “clearly bigger” than the Big Mac.

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Barristers for Geoffrey Rush, Westpac among 44 new silks

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Forty-four barristers have ascended to the senior counsel ranks in NSW and Victoria, including the barrister that represented Geoffrey Rush in his high-profile defamation victory and a member of the legal team that successfully defended Westpac against ASIC’s infamous ‘Wagyu beef and shiraz’ case.

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Amen, says judge as 25-year Bell Group saga laid to rest

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In an “ode to a dying corporation” a Western Australia judge known for his droll judgments has waxed poetic in approving the end of a quarter century of litigation over the collapse of Alan Bond’s Bell Group of companies, penning what he described in mock solemnity as “more of a requiem than a judgment”.

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Employsure defeats ‘untenable’ ACCC case over Google ads, keywords

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The ACCC has lost its case against Employsure alleging the specialist workplace relations consultancy duped small businesses into signing long-term contracts via several Google ads that promised free workplace advice which appeared to be government-affiliated.

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Judge dismisses Victorian government’s bid to split curfew case

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The judge overseeing a challenge to Victoria’s recently lifted COVID-19 curfew has dismissed the state’s government bid to have the court split the hearing and first determine whether restaurant owner Michelle Loielo had standing to bring the case.

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Freedom Foods takes US almond giant to court over souring milk deal

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Australian food manufacturer Freedom Foods has taken US almond supplier Blue Diamond to court over a disputed licencing deal under which it sells Almond Breeze almond milk in Australia.

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Government challenges expansion of Robodebt class action

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The Federal Government is appealing a judge’s decision to allow the expansion of the Robodebt class action to include claims against five public officers, including Federal Minister Alan Tudge.

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IOOF sacked communications chief after she revealed mental disability, suit says

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The former communications chief for IOOF claims she was terminated after revealing she suffered from a mental disability and sought a less stressful role.

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