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Jewellery retailer Pandora admits misleading customers over refund rights
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-03-22 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

Jewellery brand Pandora has admitted it misled customer about ther rights to get a refund on faulty items and may have breached consumer laws, the watchdog said Friday.

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Class actions in NSW Supreme Court do not require plaintiffs to have a claim against all defendants
Expert Insights 2019-03-21 9:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

In a first for the NSW Supreme Court, Judge Peter Garling last week found that the plaintiff in a class action does not need to have a claim against all defendants, a case that could make life much easier for plaintiff lawyers, says barrister Daniel Meyerowitz-Katz of Second Floor Wentworth Chambers.clas

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Termite Resources directors must pay $7M for keeping insufficient cash on hand
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-03-21 3:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has ordered directors of collapsed mining company Termite Resources to pay $7 million in damages after finding they breached their duty by distributing more than $46 million to its parent company and failing to maintain a cash reserve of at least $10 million.

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Receivers can pay priority claims of employees directly, judge rules
Construction 2019-03-20 10:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Receivers, not just liquidators, can distribute assets to satisfy priority claims of an insolvent company’s employees, a judge has ruled, settling a question of law under the Corporations Act.

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MACH Energy faces $13M lawsuit by second fired exec
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-03-20 12:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mach Energy is fighting a second lawsuit by a former director alleging he is owed $13 million in shares under an equity incentive scheme based on the performance of the Mount Pleasant coal project acquired from Rio Tinto in 2016.

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ASIC wins case to wind up landbanking scheme Aviation 3030
Securities 2019-03-19 11:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won its bid to appoint liquidators to solvent landbanking company Aviation 3030, with a judge saying ASIC’s public-interest case for the scheme’s winding up was “overwhelming”.

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Maurice Blackburn to challenge ruling in favour of ATO over bushfire tax bill
Appeals 2019-03-19 11:55 am By Christine Caulfield

Maurice Blackburn has not given up its fight with the Australian Taxation Office over a multimillion dollar tax liability on record-setting class action payout for Black Saturday bushfire victims.  

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TV broadcasters face probe over live coverage of Christchurch terrorist attack
Media 2019-03-18 10:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Australia’s television broadcasters face an investigation of their coverage of Friday’s terrorist attack in Christchurch, which included live footage filmed by the perpetrator of the mass shooting.

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Class action against NSW public hospital operators can continue, judge rules
Class Actions 2019-03-18 9:48 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has rejected a motion by the NSW government and 15 local health districts to shut down a class action by the relatives of overseas patients who were forced to serve as guarantors and hit with hospital bills worth tens of thousands of dollars.

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Labour hire company Manpower faces unfair dismissal case by former GM
Employment 2019-03-18 11:45 am By Christine Caulfield

Ex-Manpower Services general manager Jamie Butterworth is suing the multinational recruitment company, alleging he was unlawfully terminated for complaining about the performance of the company’s Experis brand.

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