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Whitsundays resort owes $430,000 to worker who was urinated on
Employment 2022-03-21 5:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The owner of a Whitsundays resort has been ordered to hand over $430,738 to an employee whose roommate in staff accommodation allegedly urinated on him after a night of drinking.

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Judge pans ‘inappropriate’ class action reforms, says courts have it covered
Class Actions 2022-03-18 5:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Federal Court judge has criticised “inappropriate” class action reforms pushed by the government, saying the courts have done a ā€œgood jobā€ of crafting solutions to deal with issues that arise in the class action regime.

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Shadow AG watched ā€˜in horrorā€™ as class action reforms advanced
Policy and Regulation 2022-03-18 11:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus said he watched ā€œin horrorā€ as a bill mandating that funded class actions be registered as managed investment schemes passed through Parliament in 2020 without consultation.

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Mayfairā€™s James Mawhinney wants reprieve from ASICā€™s contempt case
Financial Services 2022-03-17 4:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mayfair 101 director James Mawhinney has sought a temporary stay of ASICā€™s case accusing him of being in contempt of court for allegedly breaching a 20-year ban on selling financial products.

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AFCA lacked impartiality in decision against IronFX, court rules
Financial Services 2022-03-17 10:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Online trading platform IronFX has won its action against the Australian Financial Complaints Authority over a finding it wrongfully caused an 83 year-old French resident to lose his life savings.

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Salter Brothers misled client over $2.4M visa investment, lawsuit says
Corrs Chambers Westgarth 2022-03-16 5:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former Salter Brothers client has filed a lawsuit against the fund manager, claiming it misled her about an investment fund marketed as part of a visa program to migrate to Australia.

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Hastie’s claim against Lendlease in $68M suit ā€˜untenableā€™, court hears
Restructuring & Insolvency 2022-03-16 10:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A bid by the liquidators of collapsed engineering company Hastie Group for Lendlease to pay back funds it withdrew under bank guarantees is ā€œuntenableā€ and ā€œmisconceivedā€, a court has heard in a $68 million case that also targets Multiplex, Grocon and John Holland.

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Former lawyer, now industrial umpire, guilty of misconduct after case languishes for 24 years
Business of Law 2022-03-15 2:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A high profile Tasmanian lawyer has been found guilty of professional misconduct for an ā€œongoing failureā€ to progress his clientā€™s case or respond to her questions for two and a half decades.

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Viterra loses bid for ‘drastic’ freezing orders to safekeep $18m arbitration award
Arbitration 2022-03-15 10:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Viterra has lost its battle to maintain freezing orders against two Australian business as it seeks to enforce an $18.7 million arbitration award against a related but separate Chinese company.

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Nut having it: M&M maker Mars taken to court in trade mark stoush
Intellectual Property 2022-01-27 12:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The world’s largest macadamia grower has launched an appeal of an IP Australia decision that found its logo mark was deceptively similar to US confectionary giant Marsā€™ trade marks for its flagship candy M&Ms.

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