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In class action defence, Blue Sky says EY has case to answer
Class Actions 2024-03-13 11:15 pm By Sam Matthews

Defunct investment firm Blue Sky has denied a class actionā€™s claims that it misled shareholders ahead of its 2019 collapse and has pointed the finger at auditor EY.

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Class action asks court to stop demolition of Melbourne public housing towers
Class Actions 2024-03-12 11:18 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action over the Victorian governmentā€™s decision to redevelop the state’s public housing towers has asked the court for an injunction blocking demolition of three towers in inner city Melbourne, as the state foreshadows a bid to summarily dismiss the case.

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SingTel loses appeal in ATO case over deductions on $14B Optus acquisition
Tax 2024-03-08 10:18 pm By Sam Matthews

Telecommunications giant SingTel has lost its challenge a ruling in favour of the ATOā€™s decision to reject over $894,000 in tax deductions related to its $14.2 billion acquisition of Optus.

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Judge warns funder against turning Hays class action settlement into a ‘circus’
Class Actions 2024-03-08 9:35 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge will allow the erstwhile funder of a settled underpayments class action against recruitment agency Hays to argue it should be allowed to recover against group members who signed a funding agreement several years ago, but said the claim was ā€œnot worth spending a vast amount of money onā€ and warned the funder against turning the case into a “circus”.

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‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick cops 4-year ban after failure of three companies
ASIC 2024-03-08 3:26 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has banned mining magnate Joseph ā€˜Diamond Joeā€™ Gutnick from managing corporations for four years because of his involvement in three companies that went under owing at least $43 million to creditors.Ā 

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‘Itā€™s as if court dates just grow on trees’: Judge slams parties in cosmetic surgery class action
Class Actions 2024-03-07 2:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has railed against the parties in a class action against Sydney-based plastic surgeon Daniel Lanzer and four of his associates for ā€œrepeated failure to comply with court ordersā€ in the two-year-old case.

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Telstra wins appeal of ruling putting it on hook for telemarketing firm’s ‘catastrophic crashes’
Telecommunications 2024-03-07 10:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Telstra has successfully appealed a decision holding it liable for a $2.6 million telecommunications bungle at a Melbourne-based telemarketing business, with a judge finding it was entitled to rely on the expertise of business partner Kyrtec.

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Cult leader loses defamation case over tell-all book by abused member
Defamation 2024-03-06 10:44 pm By Sam Matthews

The leader of an abusive New Age cult operating out of northern NSW has lost her defamation case against a former follower who wrote a tell-all book about her experiences, after a judge found she was a ā€œdishonest and unreliableā€ witness.

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Melbourne solicitor gets 30-day suspended sentence for contempt
Legal Ethics 2024-03-06 11:20 pm By Sam Matthews

A Melbourne lawyer has received a suspended sentence of 30 days imprisonment for ā€œstubborn and wilful disobedienceā€ of court orders, after he failed to share logins and passwords to his firm’s computer records with an auditor appointed by Victoria’s legal watchdog.

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Optus hit with $1.5M penalty for breaking public safety rules
Telecommunications 2024-03-06 3:29 pm By Sam Matthews

Optus has paid a $1.5 million penalty after an investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority revealed breaches of public safety rules.

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