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Cartel case dropped against director of money transfer biz
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-09-08 11:05 am By Sam Matthews

The director of a money transfer business accused of fixing foreign exchange rates has been let off the hook after four other people associated with the business entered guilty pleas to six charges of criminal cartel conduct. 

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Victims of fake Sydney plastic surgeon Leslie Blackstock can’t sue insurers
Insurance 2022-09-08 5:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two alleged victims of a former Sydney doctor who pretended to be a plastic surgeon and performed breast augmentation surgeries that left them injured cannot make claims against Avant Insurance, an appeals court has ruled. 

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$1M security for costs ordered in Jabiru Satellite case against major banks
Financial Services 2022-09-08 1:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered Australian telecommunications companies Jabiru Satellite and NewSat to pay $1 million in security for costs in a lawsuit against eight major banks alleging they wrongfully withdrew financial support for Australia’s first independently owned satellite.

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ClubsNSW can’t hide contempt of court case against YouTube’s Jordan Shanks
Employment 2022-09-08 5:03 pm By Sam Matthews

ClubsNSW has lost a bid to keep its contempt of court case against whistleblower Troy Stolz and YouTuber Jordan Shanks secret, with a judge finding “the interests of open justice are paramount”.

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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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‘Magnet for litigation’: Dixon Advisory insurers fight to shield policy info in class action
Insurance 2022-09-07 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two insurers for Dixon Advisory have argued they should not have to disclose policies that could respond to mammoth claims in a class action against the collapsed financial services firm estimated to be worth $278 million and $463 million. 

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Lawyers, funder come to blows in Montara oil spill class action
Class Actions 2022-09-07 11:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

A fight has broken out between the litigation funder and the lawyers representing 15,000 seaweed farmers in a class action against oil exploration company PTTEP Australia over a spill at its Montara oil field in the Timor Sea.

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Court upholds $50M award for Siemens in spat over Qatar transport contract
Construction 2022-09-07 11:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has upheld two arbitration awards worth $52 million for German industrial manufacturing giant Siemens against CIMIC-connected BIC Contracting LLC over a contract to build a “people mover system” in Qatar.

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Court tosses suit against Wilsons over wealth advisor who jumped ship
Employment 2022-09-07 12:25 am By Sam Matthews

Wilsons Advisory and Stockbroking has dodged a claim by rival Elston Private Wealth over a veteran employee who jumped ship with confidential information.

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Opal Tower insurers question reasonableness of class action defence costs
Insurance 2022-09-06 3:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Three insurers for builder Icon are planning to test the reasonableness of a structural engineer’s defence costs in a now settled class action brought by apartment owners in Sydney’s ill-fated Opal Tower.

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