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Noumi can’t keep lid on PwC report in ASIC case
Securities 2024-04-11 11:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former director of Noumi has won his challenge to the food manufacturer’s claim for legal professional privilege over a PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by its lawyers at Ashurst, with a judge finding the company waived privilege by disclosing it to Australian Securities and Investments Commission. 

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Indigenous fishing rights class action against NSW could cover 15,000 people, court told
Class Actions 2024-04-11 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against the New South Wales government alleging it discriminated against Indigenous communities on the south coast for engaging in cultural fishing practices will include up to 15,000 people, a court has heard.

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Qatar Airways passengers can’t sue airline over strip searches
Aviation 2024-04-11 2:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has summarily dismissed a case by five passengers against Qatar Airways that alleged the airline was liable for invasive examinations conducted by Qatar police after a newborn baby was found in a bin at the Doha airport. But the case is allowed to continue against subsidiary MATAR.

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‘Disappointing’: Lawyers bemoan loss of right to challenge ACCC merger decisions in court
Analysis 2024-04-10 11:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Competition law experts have raised doubts about changes to Australia’s merger review regime announced Wednesday, calling the reforms a mixed bag for businesses and the reduced role of the Federal Court “disappointing”.

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Genuine redundancy exception to unfair dismissal not a given, court says
Employment 2024-04-10 3:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The allowance for genuine redundancies is “not absolute” and employers need to consider measures to redeploy workers, including retraining, an appeals court has said in an unfair dismissal case involving 22 mining workers.

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Mining company Tigers Realm breached Russian sanctions, court finds
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-04-10 12:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Coal mining company Tigers Realm breached Russian sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine by transporting coal within Russia before exportation to the Asian market, a judge has found. 

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Former HWL Ebsworth partner invalidly expelled ahead of planned IPO, court rules
Business of Law 2024-04-08 2:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ruled that HWL Ebsworth invalidly expelled a former capital partner, finding that the expulsion, which prevented him from participating in a planned float of the firm on the ASX, breached the partnership deed. 

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Damages trial in live export class action to push case into 11th year
Class Actions 2024-04-08 1:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A hearing in a class action to determine the extent of lost sales suffered by cattle exporters following a ban on live exports has been set down for April next year, making the case the oldest unresolved class action on the Federal Court docket.

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Billionaire Merivale owner Justin Hemmes sues restaurant over ‘Establishment’ name
Intellectual Property 2024-04-08 1:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Sydney hospitality mogul Justin Hemmes has sued a Brisbane restaurant, Establishment 203, claiming it has breached its ‘Establishment’ trade mark and failed to carry out any searches before opening its business under the name. 

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After ‘sordid’ evidence airs in Lehrmann case, judge asks what he’s to make of it
Defamation 2024-04-05 10:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has questioned the relevance of an ex-Seven producer’s “sordid” evidence that the network rewarded him after using company funds to buy sex workers for the accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann, saying both sides had made strong arguments against his and Brittany Higgins’ credibility. 

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