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Cosmetic surgeon can fix ‘tainted’ pleadings in ABC copyright case
Intellectual Property 2019-06-18 8:46 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Sydney-based plastic surgeon has been given another chance to fix “fundamental problems” in its copyright case against the ABC or using pictures of him in an article about a woman whose breast reportedly exploded after receiving breast augmentation surgery from him.

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PTTEP loses bid to stop farmers using the word ‘oil’ in Montarra oil spill class action trial
Class Actions 2019-06-18 8:37 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge overseeing a trial in a class action over the Montarra oil spill has ruled it necessary for Indonesian seaweed farmers to use the word ā€œoilā€ in their evidence, after oil company PTTEP tried to argue they were not qualified to identify the substance.

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Judge has ‘real misgivings’ about security for costs bid in casual worker class actions
Class Actions 2019-06-17 10:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge has baulked at an application by labour hire company Chandler Macleod and BHP unit Mt Arthur Coal seeking security for their legal costs in two casual worker class actions, saying Fair Work cases were not the same as shareholder class actions.

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Government to fund examination of JM Kelly’s web of inter-company loans
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-06-17 5:25 pm By Amelia Birnie

The Commonwealth has agreed to fund a public examination into the affairs of collapsed Queensland-based construction group JM Kelly, after liquidators uncovered a complicated web of inter-company loans.

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Judge has ‘no sympathy’ for ACCC’s attempt to block Ultra Tune appeal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-06-17 4:15 pm By Amelia Birnie

Ultra Tune has been given the go-ahead to challenge a $2.6 million penalty for alleged breaches of franchising and consumer laws, after a judge said she had “no sympathy” for the consumer regulatorā€™s opposition to the car repair franchisor’s bid for more time to lodge an appeal.

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HWL Ebsworth partners on trial for alleged negligence over Sydney land tender
Real Estate 2019-06-14 11:18 pm By Miklos Bolza

HWL Ebsworth’s partners are facing trial in a case blaming the law firm and the NSW government for losses stemming from the $28.5 million sale of Crown-owned Sydney land to property developer PPK Group.

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Judge takes ax to $5.7M bill by liquidators of SK Foods units
Restructuring & Insolvency 2019-06-14 9:59 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has taken an ax to the final bill by liquidators of three failed subsidiaries of multi-national agribusiness SK Foods Group, lopping off 30 per cent after a successful intervention by the corporate regulator, which called the more than $5.7 million claimed by the liquidators excessive.

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$1.1M settlement in Quaker Hill Nursing Home class action wins court approval
Class Actions 2019-06-14 2:04 pm By Miklos Bolza

A court has given the green light to a $1.1 million class action settlement with the owners of Sydney’s Quakers Hill Nursing Home over a fire deliberately lit by one of its employees in 2011.

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Commonwealth planning High Court appeal of Navy class action revival
Appeals 2019-06-14 1:44 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Commonwealth of Australia is preparing a special leave application to the High Court challenging a NSW Court of Appeal decision reviving a class action brought on behalf of sailors over an allegedly broken Navy training promise.

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Spain to claim sovereign immunity in suit over $392M arbitration award
Arbitration 2019-06-13 7:57 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Kingdom of Spain is contesting attempts to enforce two arbitration awards worth $392 million in the Federal Court, claiming sovereign immunity as it attempts to shut the proceedings down.

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