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RAMS breached duty by terminating franchise agreement, judge finds
A judge has found that RAMS breached its duty of good faith by terminating a franchise agreement on Westpac’s recommendation without resolving concerns about the evidence backing its decision, but tossed unconscionable conduct claims against the home loans business.
Entain judge says expert reports to blame for soaring trial costs
A judge has raised concerns that lengthy expert reports filed by AUSTRAC and Entain in the regulator’s AML/CTF case have strayed into expressing “positively unhelpful” opinions.
Katy Perry back in court in trade mark fight with designer
A trade mark dispute between US singer Katy Perry and an Australian fashion designer is back in court for a fight on damages and injunctions, after the designer secured a win before the High Court in March.
RAMS to pay $29.6M in class action settlement
Westpac's former home lending business RAMS will pay $29.6 million to resolve a class action over the termination of agreements with franchisees.
RAMS reaches settlement in franchise class action
Defunct Westpac subsidiary RAMS Financial Group has agreed to settle a class action over the termination of franchise agreements.
Westpac investigation ‘targeted’ RAMS franchisee, class action trial told
A class action has told the Federal Court that franchisees of defunct Westpac subsidiary RAMS felt targeted and discriminated against after being flagged for "suspected anomalies" during an investigation.
Judge ‘can’t understand’ class action’s damages case over Coles discounts
A judge is confused by a class action’s case for damages against Coles, after he found that the supermarket chain misled consumers through its 'Down Down' discount campaign. 
ASIC scolded for ‘unconstrained appeal’ in failed life insurance case
A judge has sounded the alarm bell about regulators launching appeals to re-litigate enforcement proceedings, in a recent decision tossing the corporate cop's appeal in a case against insurer HCF Life.
Judge in Coles discounts case mulls one hearing on damages, penalty
After it was found to have engaged in misleading conduct over its 'Down Down' discount campaign, Coles may face a single hearing on the punishment to be meted out to it in the ACCC's case and a companion class action.
Coles misled customers with ‘Down Down’ discounts, judge finds
A judge has found Coles engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct when advertising products with a 'Down Down' discount, in a win for the consumer regulator and a class action.