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Super Retail gets second chance to black out terms of settlement with top execs
Employment 2024-10-14 11:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

Super Retail Group can bring an appeal in its fight to suppress parts of a settlement two executives allege they reached after they were fired.

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‘Audacious fraud’: Banks win $500M case against Forum Finance directors
Financial Services 2024-10-11 1:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Westpac and two other lenders have won their cases alleging they were scammed out of $500 million in loans to the Forum group of companies.

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Law firms warned about delay in filing competing Harvey Norman class actions
Class Actions 2024-10-11 3:37 pm By Sam Matthews

As two class actions against Harvey Norman try to hash out a deal before competing to run the litigation, a judge has issued a warning to other law firms mulling their own actions.

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1 or 21M: Australian Clinical Labs wants court’s take on OAIC’s data breach maths
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2024-10-11 11:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Australian Clinical Labs, which is facing regulatory action over a 2022 data breach, is fighting the information commissioner’s claim that it breached privacy laws 21.5 million times.

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Seven wants Spotlight reporter’s ‘salacious’ claims kept out of the media
Employment 2024-10-11 3:20 pm By Andy Sidler

Seven has sought a suppression order over former Spotlight reporter Amelia Saw’s workplace claim against the TV network, arguing publicity would impede settlement negotiations. 

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Commonwealth can’t argue sailors failed to mitigate loss in Navy class action
Class Actions 2024-10-11 11:32 pm By Sam Matthews

In a fight over damages owed to sailors in a class action against the Defence Department, a judge has said the Commonwealth can’t argue certain group members failed to mitigate their losses.

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United Petroleum dodges class action defence until security bid reheard
Class Actions 2024-10-11 11:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

United Petroleum and director Ari Silver can wait for the rehearing of a security for costs bid before filing defences to a franchisee class action alleging misleading conduct.

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Judge’s ‘past life’ comments on class action reform no basis for recusal, court told
Class Actions 2024-10-10 11:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A bid to disqualify a judge who spoke publicly about proposed reforms to class action law from hearing a class action against Fletcher Building is out of touch with reality, a court has heard.

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Full Court asked to clarify ‘authorised rep’ in ASIC crypto appeal
Cryptocurrency 2024-10-10 2:48 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has appealed a decision in its mostly successful case against the issuer of the Qoin crypto coin, challenging an “important” finding on authorised representatives of AFSL holders. 

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Enviro group’s case against Brunswick Heads developer blows out
Environment 2024-10-10 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge is concerned to manage prejudice to Clarence Property amid a barrage of evidence filed by an environmental group in its challenge to a Brunswick Heads development.

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