Competition & Consumer Protection
IGA competes with Coles in its ‘sweet spot’, tribunal hears
An IGA store in WA's Kalgoorlie has rejected a claim by Coles that it provides no real competition, telling a tribunal shoppers are buying significant volumes of the supermarket giant's top items at the independent grocer.
Class Actions
Judge rejects class action’s ‘absurd’ approach in Navy training case
A long-running class action by Royal Australian Navy technicians alleging the Department of Defence broke a promise to train them in engineering has lost its challenge to referees' methods for assessing group members' loss.
Class Actions
Law firm pursues TikTok, other platforms in competing class action
Shine Lawyers' proposed class action over social media addiction will go beyond the case brought by MinterEllison against Meta, targeting platforms including TikTok.
Employment
Shell defeats bid to access privileged Allens, Clayton Utz advice
Shell Energy has thwarted an application by an alleged whistleblower to see legal advice given by Allens, Clayton Utz and McCullough Robertson, with a judge rejecting claims that it was given in furtherance of a fraud or crime.
Financial Services
CBA taken to court by ASIC over $21M in hidden CommBiz fees
The Commonwealth Bank has been dragged to court by the corporate regulator, accused of charging business customers millions of dollars in undisclosed fees for the past 19 years.
Financial Services
ASIC wants $5.4M penalty for TelstraSuper’s late responses to complaints
ASIC wants $5.41 million in penalties over TelstraSuper's failure to respond to members complaints in a timely manner, while the superannuation fund is pushing for no penalty.
Restructuring & Insolvency
Ex-Strongroom director ‘cut off at knee’ by spending cap, court told
A former director of collapsed AI start-up Strongroom wants the cap on his living expenses removed or increased, telling the court he is unable to pay for legal expenses under the current $80,000 annual allowance.
Employment
NAB to backpay $127M to underpaid staff
NAB will pay $127 million to nearly 70,000 underpaid workers plus $34 million in interest and $8 million in superannuation and make the largest ever contrition payment as part of an agreement with the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Defamation
Western Australia introduces long-awaited defamation reforms
Western Australia's government has finally come to the defamation reform party, introducing legislation to bring the state in line with other jurisdictions in adopting nationally agreed laws.
Employment
Ex-Tanarra director can’t add related entity after ‘procedural oversight’
A former investment director at asset manager Tanarra Capital has lost his bid to join a related entity to his case after it was accidentally excluded as a defendant from the suit's originating application.
