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Federal Court has no jurisdiction to hear ACT public housing class action, judge told
The ACT government has argued the Federal Court cannot hear a class action brought on behalf of public housing tenants who were allegedly forced to relocate.
Law firm wins 30% contingency fee rate in IAG shareholder class action
The law firm behind a class action against Insurance Australia Group has secured a group costs order that will give it 30 per cent of any proceeds -- a contingency fee rate six percentage points higher than the median rate for shareholder cases.
In Hutchinson, CFMEU boycott case, ACCC failed to prove more than ‘industrial muscle’ at work
Builder J Hutchinson and the union for construction workers have successfully appealed a finding that they unlawfully agreed to boycott an independent subcontractor at a Brisbane building site.
Pauline Hanson’s ‘dehumanising’ comments should be admissible in Faruqi case, court told
Mehreen Faruqi is fighting to include evidence of senator Pauline Hanson’s alleged history of ‘dehumanising’ comments on race and ethnicity in a trial over the One Nation leader’s tweet saying the deputy Greens leader should “piss off back to Pakistan".
ASIC wins appeal over funeral insurer’s ‘Aboriginal-owned’ representations
The Full Federal Court has found it was "abundantly clear" on the evidence before a trial judge that funeral expenses insurance provider ACBG misrepresented to Aboriginal customers that it was Aboriginal owned or managed, but found ASIC contributed to the error with its bad pleadings.
ASIC wins bankruptcy orders against ‘ASX Wolf’ Tyson Scholz
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has won sequestration orders against Gold Coast 'finfluencer' Tyson Scholz after he failed to pay the regulator's costs in proceedings that resulted in him being permanently barred from carrying on a unlicensed financial services business.
Finfluencer’s $60,000 settlement offer no better than declaration of TM infringement, court says
A ruling that finfluencer Canna Campbell infringed a rival’s 'financial foreplay' trade mark but owed zero damages was not a less favourable outcome for a fellow financial advisor than a $60,000 settlement offer, a court has found in rejecting a bid for indemnity costs.
Queensland court finds COVID-19 vaccine directive unlawful
The Supreme Court of Queensland has found that a 2021 direction for police officers to receive the COVID-19 vaccination was unlawful and a similar mandate for ambulance service workers had no effect.
Appeal dropped in first junior doctors class action to go to trial
Victoria's Peninsula Health has abandoned an appeal of a ruling in a class action that found it breached workplace laws by failing to pay overtime to a junior doctor, a capitulation that could be a game changer for a series of class actions against health care providers.
Judge orders soft class closure in ‘junk’ insurance class action
A judge has ordered soft class closure in a class action against Suncorp unit AAI over allegedly worthless insurance, saying that knowing how many of the 200,000 group members are likely to participate would assist in resolving the case.