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Law firm can’t amend defence in negligence case by teacher wrongly jailed for abuse
Professional Negligence 2022-10-24 4:29 pm By Sam Matthews

A law firm, who along with Piper Alderman and one other firm, is being sued for negligence by a schoolteacher wrongly jailed for the indecent assault of two children has lost a bit to amend its defence at the commencement of the trial.

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Judge doubts Lachlan Murdoch’s claim that media ‘sold a pup’ with defamation reforms
Defamation 2022-10-21 3:22 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected Lachlan Murdoch’s claim that the media has been ‘sold a pup’ with a new public interest defence that Crikey’s publisher has deployed in the Fox News CEO’s defamation suit over an article about the January 6 attack on the US Capital.

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AMP wins dispute with insurer Willis over Sydney lease
Real Estate 2022-10-20 4:43 pm By Sam Matthews

AMP Capital Investors has won a property spat with insurance broker Willis Australia, which a judge found was not entitled to withdraw a notice to take a lease of office space at Angel Place on Pitt Street in Sydney’s CBD.

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Bingo Industries’ former CEO pleads guilty to price fixing
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-10-20 11:31 am By Sam Matthews

The former managing director and CEO of Bingo Industries has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the waste company in fixing prices for demolition waste services in Sydney.

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Thomson Geer lures partner for construction team
People In The News 2022-10-20 4:01 pm By Sam Matthews

Thomson Geer has snagged a construction disputes specialist from Clayton Utz to bolster its growing construction team in Sydney.

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Law firm gets $14.5M in fees, after judge trashes ‘distorted’ referee’s report in Woolworths class action
Class Actions 2022-10-19 3:39 pm By Sam Matthews

The law firm that secured a $44.5 million settlement in a class action against Woolworths has won its full $14.5 million in costs, with a judge tossing the report of the referee he appointed to examine the fees, which he said appeared double what they should be.

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Pauline Hanson slapped with $250,000 defamation judgment
Defamation 2022-10-19 3:58 pm By Sam Matthews

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been ordered to pay former colleague Brian Burston $250,000 for “seriously damaging” and malicious comments made in a Today Show interview.

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Airservices wins reduced penalty in union suit over ‘grey days’ policy
Employment 2022-10-19 9:46 pm By Sam Matthews

Airservices Australia has succeeded in overturning a “manifestly unreasonable” $72,450 fine, but otherwise failed in its appeal of a decision which found it breached an enterprise agreement by withdrawing guidelines for standby shifts for air traffic controllers.

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Supreme Court of Victoria singled out in report on judicial harassment
Courts 2022-10-18 3:17 pm By Sam Matthews

The Supreme Court of Victoria has been called out in a report into sexually inappropriate behavior and bullying by judges as an “extremely hierarchical” workplace that has all the risk factors for harassment.

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Sanofi challenges Amgen’s patents for cholesterol-lowering antibodies
Intellectual Property 2022-10-18 5:23 pm By Sam Matthews

French drug giant Sanofi has appealed a decision giving American biopharmaceutical company Amgen the go-ahead for its patents for a cholesterol-lowering antibody that could be used to treat heart disease, diabetes, stroke and Alzheimer’s.

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