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AMP launches bid to declass excessive insurance class action
Class Actions 2021-06-18 12:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

AMP and a number of its financial planning subsidiaries have launched a bid to declass a group proceeding jointly run by Piper Alderman and Shine Lawyers over allegedly excessive insurance premiums.

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Silk Sue Chrysanthou must return brief in Christian Porter defamation case
Defamation 2021-05-27 5:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has issued an injunction restraining barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC from acting for Christian Porter in his defamation case against the ABC.

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‘Very bad idea’: Barrister warned Chrysanthou about fallout if she took Porter brief
Defamation 2021-05-26 8:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A junior barrister expressed concerns to Sue Chrysanthou SC about her acting for Christian Porter in his defamation proceedings against the ABC, saying friends of the women who accused him of rape were ā€œbehaving like a cultā€ and that there could be fallout in the media, a court has heard.

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‘It is an expensive business’: Christian Porter says defamation suit will be ‘massive’ financial drain
Defamation 2021-05-26 12:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Former attorney-general Christian Porter has dodged a question about whether his defamation lawsuit against the ABC and reporter Louise Milligan is being funded by third parties, saying he went into the litigation knowing the case would be a “massive drain” on his finances.

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Barrister Sue Chrysanthou was told info that could help Porter’s case against ABC, court hears
Defamation 2021-05-25 9:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Silk Sue Chrysanthou was given information during a conference with a friend of Christian Porter’s accuser that could help the former attorney-general in his defamation case against the ABC.

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Sue Chrysanthou was warned against accepting Porter brief, court told
Legal Ethics 2021-05-24 9:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A leading defamation barrister warned silk Sue Chrysanthou not to act for Christian Porter in the former attorney general’s defamation case against the ABC over its coverage of rape allegations, a court has heard.

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Baker McKenzie dragged into Chinese lenderā€™s case against PwC over failed Aussie launch
Accounting 2021-05-17 5:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Chinese lender Aoyin wants to join Baker McKenzie to its claims against PwC over a failed bid to launch the first Chinese bank incorporated in Australia, after advice documents from the law firm were uncovered in a last-minute privilege fight.

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Designer seeks unredacted docs from Katy Perry in trade mark battle over name rights
Intellectual Property 2021-04-20 3:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Sydney fashion designer Katie Perry has petitioned the court to order singer Katy Perry to hand over unredacted documents in their trade mark fight over the right to use the name for clothing and accessories in Australia, after counsel for the designer criticised the singer for withholding the emails addresses of those who were “not similarly notorious or similarly famous.ā€

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PwC wins access to Baker McKenzie docs from former client in spat over failed bank launch
Accounting 2021-04-12 11:07 pm By Miklos Bolza

PricewaterhouseCoopers has won access to communications between a Chinese lender and its lawyers at Baker McKenzie in a legal stoush over a failed bid to launch the first Chinese bank incorporated in Australia.

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Katy Perry ‘cannot avoid discovery process’ in trade mark dispute, court told
Intellectual Property 2021-03-11 11:49 am By Cindy Cameronne

A fight is brewing over allegedly deficient discovery provided by pop star Katy Perry in her trade mark dispute with Sydney fashion designer Katie Perry, with a judge hearing that text messages from the singer’s phone that may be relevant to the case have not been handed over.Ā Ā 

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