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Melbourne solicitor gets 30-day suspended sentence for contempt
Legal Ethics 2024-03-06 11:20 pm By Sam Matthews

A Melbourne lawyer has received a suspended sentence of 30 days imprisonment for ā€œstubborn and wilful disobedienceā€ of court orders, after he failed to share logins and passwords to his firm’s computer records with an auditor appointed by Victoria’s legal watchdog.

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Solicitor found in contempt for withholding passwords from watchdog
Business of Law 2023-09-04 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Melbourne lawyer has been found guilty of two counts of contempt of court for failing to share logins and passwords to his firm’s computer records to an auditor appointed by Victoria’s legal watchdog.

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High Court won’t hear ALP members’ challenge to federal takeover of election
High Court 2022-03-31 10:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined special leave to members of the Victorian Labor party to challenge a judgeā€™s finding that the pre-selection of ALP candidates in Victorian electorates by federal administrators during their takeover of the state party was lawful.

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Mitsubishi hits back at class action, says it can’t be sued over fuel efficiency labels
Class Actions 2022-03-04 9:46 pm By Sam Matthews

Mitsubishi has denied class action allegations that it made misleading fuel efficiency representations on labels affixed to the windshields of over 70,000 Triton Utes, and says it can’t be sued under the Australian Consumer Law because the labels were required by law.

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ALP loses challenge to federal takeover ahead of election
Appeals 2022-02-25 9:58 pm By Sam Matthews

Members of the Victorian Labor party and associated unions have lost a bid to overturn a judgeā€™s finding that the pre-selection of ALP candidates in Victorian electorates by federal administrators during their takeover of the state party was lawful.

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Mitsubishi hit with class action over ‘misleading’ fuel economy labels
Class Actions 2021-11-29 3:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Japanese car maker Mitsubishi Motors has been hit with a class action for allegedly making misleading fuel efficiency representations on over 70,000 Triton Utes sold in Australia since 2015.

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Mitsubishi faces class action after judge finds Triton fuel economy label misleading
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-05-25 5:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

A law firm is set to file a class action against Mitsubishi Motors after a judge upheld a ruling that found the car maker engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct in its representations of fuel efficiency on a label fixed to the windshield of a Triton 4WD sold in 2017.

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Injunction granted in branch stacking case against Labor MP
Policy and Regulation 2021-03-19 4:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Victorian Labor MP Marlene Kairouz has won an injunction temporarily blocking the Labor Party from bringing branch stacking charges against her.

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Labor party slammed for ‘draconian’ laws in Victorian MP’s branch stacking case
Policy and Regulation 2021-02-17 6:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Victorian Labor MP accused of branch stacking has attacked the charges against her as invalid, telling the Victoria Supreme Court that they were brought under “shocking” and “draconian” party rules implemented in the wake of a controversial report on Nine’s 60 Minutes.

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‘Urgent action had to be taken’: Court tosses challenge to Victoria’s COVID-19 curfew
COVID-19 2020-11-02 2:18 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Victoria Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit by restaurant owner and Liberal member Michelle Loielo challenging the validity of the Victoria government’s now dropped COVID-19 curfew, with a judge finding that the measure was legal and “proportionate to the purpose of protecting public health”.

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