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‘Bad luck’: Judge denies penniless Captain Cook Collegeā€™s appeal delay bid
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-04-05 8:59 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected an application by training provider Captain Cook College to postpone the hearing of its appeal in a case won by the ACCC, saying the company’s inability to fund the appeal was ā€œlargely a problem of [its] own making.ā€

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Nine ‘fishing’ for defence in barrister’s defamation case over cavoodle custody battle, court hears
Defamation 2022-04-01 11:08 am By Cat Fredenburgh

A barrister who has sued Nine over its coverage of her battle for custody of famed social media pooch Oscar the cavoodle has accused the media company of seeking to delay filing a response to the lawsuit so that it can ‘fish’ for a defence.

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Electronics giant Uniden faces court fight over design of latest radio
Intellectual Property 2022-03-17 4:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

Japan’s Uniden has been hit with an intellectual property lawsuit by Australia’s only CB radio manufacturer, which alleges the upcoming launch by the wireless communications giant of two new products amounts to infringement of its design patent.

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CDPP spent $1.26M on cartel case against banks
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-02-16 2:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Commonwealth Director of Public of Prosecutions Sarah McNaughton has defended her office’s decision to drop all criminal cartel charges over a $2.5 billion ANZ share raising, revealing the CDPP has so far spent $1.26 million in external costs in pursuing the case.

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Charges dropped in landmark criminal cartel case over $2.5B ANZ share placement
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-02-11 11:03 am By Cat Fredenburgh

In a stunning reversal, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecution has dropped all criminal cartel charges against two investment banks and four individuals in relation to a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement, four years after the charges were brought following an allegedly questionable investigation by the ACCC.

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Combustible cladding class action in doubt as insurer Vero denies coverage
Class Actions 2022-02-02 11:36 am By Christine Caulfield

A class action against failed Fairview Architectural over alleged combustible cladding hangs in the balance as a court sets the stage for a fight with insurer Vero over a $190 million policy.

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Christian Porter, silk win stay of $430,000 legal bill in feud with accuser’s friend
Defamation 2022-02-02 9:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Former Attorney-General Christian Porter and senior barrister Sue Chrysanthou have met with partial success in an eleventh hour bid to halt an order for payment of a $430,000 bill in a court battle with a friend of Porter’s rape accuser.

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Insurer Vero may be dragged into combustible cladding class action
Class Actions 2021-12-22 2:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The applicant in a class action against Fairview Architectural over allegedly combustible cladding is add insurer Vero Insurance as a respondent, after revealing the cladding manufacturer may have $190 million in insurance to cover the class action’s claims.

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ACCC staff training ā€˜inadequateā€™ during bank cartel probe, court hears
Financial Services 2021-12-10 3:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A senior ACCC officer has been grilled on whether staff training on criminal cartel investigations was ā€œinadequateā€ while the competition regulator ran a cartel probe into ANZā€™s $2.5 billion share placement in 2016.

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ACCC trying to ā€˜fit a square peg into a round holeā€™ with bank cartel case, court hears
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-12-03 4:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The ACCC has been accused of running a “experimental test case” that tries to fit the shares market within the scope of the Competition and Consumer Act with its criminal cartel case against Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and several prominent banking executives over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement.

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