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Airservices wins reduced penalty in union suit over ā€˜grey daysā€™ policy
Employment 2022-10-19 9:46 pm By Sam Matthews

Airservices Australia has succeeded in overturning a ā€œmanifestly unreasonableā€ $72,450 fine, but otherwise failed in its appeal of a decision which found it breached an enterprise agreement by withdrawing guidelines for standby shifts for air traffic controllers.

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Paltry pay day for IPO Wealth investors as $5.6M class action settlement approved
Financial Services 2022-10-12 11:06 am By Sam Matthews

Investors in Mayfair Groupā€™s collapsed IPO Wealth Fund have clawed back only a fraction of their alleged $67 million losses after a judge approved a settlement in a class action alleging the fundā€™s trustee misled unit holders.

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ā€˜Blood out of a stoneā€™: Class action settlement no big pay day for IPO Wealth investors
Class Actions 2022-10-04 2:22 pm By Sam Matthews

Investors in Mayfair Groupā€™s collapsed IPO Wealth Fund are set to recoup only a fraction of their alleged $67 million losses in a best-case settlement of a class action alleging the fundā€™s trustee misled unit holders.

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In loss for ATO, judge rules Liberty Financial schemes were not ‘artificial or contrived’
Tax 2022-09-19 2:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered that part of a decision by the Australian Taxation Office over three alleged schemes by Liberty Financial to obtain tax benefits be set aside, rejecting arguments that the corporate groupā€™s operations were ā€œartificial or contrivedā€.

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In loss for TerraCom, Full Court finds ASIC can view PwC report
Appeals 2022-09-07 12:57 pm By Sam Matthews

Coal mining firm TerraCom has lost its Full Court bid to shield a PricewaterhouseCoopers report from ASIC, on appeal from a judgment which found the regulator could view the report because of public statements made by the company.

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Mazda’s conduct not just ‘appalling customer service’ but unconscionable, ACCC says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-08-02 11:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge was wrong to find that Mazda’s treatment of customers with faulty vehicles was appalling but not unconscionable, and nowhere in his ruling is there an explanation for the distinction, the consumer regulator has told an appeals court.

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ASIC can’t access PwC report at centre of privilege fight with Terracom
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-06-28 11:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has rejected a bid by the corporate regulator to access an unredacted PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by coal miner TerraCom ahead of a challenge to a decision that cleared the way for the regulator to eye the document as part of an investigation.

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‘Where are our rights?’: ASIC wants to be heard in privilege row over PwC report
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-06-27 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC has renewed its bid to see a PricewaterhouseCoopers report commissioned by TerraCom in order to defend the coal mining companyā€™s appeal of a judgment that found the regulator could view the report because of public statements made by the company.

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7-Eleven class action funder wins first-ever interim payment from settlement
Class Actions 2022-06-17 4:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has granted a litigation funder for two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven an interim payment to cover its costs ahead of a ruling on how much it can pocket from a $98 million settlement.

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7-Eleven class action law firmā€™s billing practice ā€˜troublingā€™, court hears
Class Actions 2022-05-13 9:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge overseeing two franchisee class actions against 7-Eleven that settled for $98 million has been urged to cut the payout to the law firm running the cases because it had a ā€œtroublingā€ practice of deferring its fees.

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