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Honda admits ‘accidentally but repeatedly’ misleading customers
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-07-26 12:35 pm By Sam Matthews

Honda has admitted to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s claims that it mislead the customers of two former authorised dealerships, but is seeking to avoid pecuniary penalties for the “accidental” misconduct.

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Mineralogy can’t take royalties dispute with Adani to court
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-07-26 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews

Clive Palmer’s mining company Mineralogy has lost a bid to stay an expert determination process in a royalties dispute with Adani, with a judge ruling that the court should not “lightly disregard” decisions to resolve disputes by expert determination rather than court-based litigation.

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Tiwi Islanders to file new bid to block Santos’ Barossa drilling
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-07-26 11:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Tiwi Islanders will file a new application to prevent drilling continuing on Santos’ $4.7 billion Barossa gas project after losing a challenge to stop the energy giant from beginning work on the first sea well.

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Enviro group derails Chinese mining company’s plans for Tasmanian waste site
Environment 2022-07-26 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

A government-approved plan to build a waste facility in western Tasmania has been parked,  after environmental campaigners won a judgment declaring the federal government’s approval of the proposed tailings storage facility was invalid.

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Suncorp to pay $33M in super class action settlement
Class Actions 2022-07-25 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

The settlement figure in a class action against a unit of Suncorp Group has been revealed as $33 million, and super members are set to share in the net sum of $14 million, or 42.5 per cent of the deal.

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Penalty in ACCC case against Uber off by more than $20M, judge says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-07-25 11:07 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has slammed a $26 million penalty agreed to by Uber and the ACCC as “not within the range”, saying the impact of the rideshare giant’s misleading conduct appeared to be “trivial”.

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ASIC can pursue defunct funeral insurer in case of ‘clear public interest’
Insurance 2022-07-25 3:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has given ASIC the green light to continue proceedings against a defunct funeral insurer which allegedly misled Aboriginal customers about being Indigenous-owned and claims that its products were specifically beneficial for First Nations people.

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PwC partners knew of unlawful dividend payment to Cornerstone director, court told
Professional Negligence 2022-07-22 9:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

PwC partners are facing “very serious” allegations that they had actual knowledge that a $30 million dividend payment to the director of now defunct tertiary education provider Cornerstone was unlawful.

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New competition class actions in the works against Apple, Google
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-07-22 9:10 pm By Sam Matthews

Another law firm is planning competition class actions against Apple and Google over their app stores, just over a month after Phi Finney McDonald filed group proceedings against the tech giants, setting up a beauty parade that adds a wrinkle to similar cases brought by Epic Games.

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ASIC loses bid for early punishment against Select AFSL
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-07-22 10:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has shot down ASIC’s bid for declarations against life insurer Select AFSL before a penalty hearing after finding that the insurer acted unconscionably when selling insurance over the phone.

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