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Leader of notorious cult ‘The Family’ settles class action over torture, abuse claims
Class Actions 2021-04-20 2:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The deceased leader of the notorious cult known as The Family has settled a class action by sect members who claim they were tortured and sexually abused as children in her care.

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Woolworths entitled to recoup loss in train derailment despite ‘force majeure’ event, judge says
Contracts 2021-04-14 6:34 pm By Miklos Bolza

Supermarket giant Woolworths can recoup losses from a 2014 train derailment in South Australia despite a contractual clause excluding force majeure events, the NSW Supreme Court has found.

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PwC wins access to Baker McKenzie docs from former client in spat over failed bank launch
Accounting 2021-04-12 11:07 pm By Miklos Bolza

PricewaterhouseCoopers has won access to communications between a Chinese lender and its lawyers at Baker McKenzie in a legal stoush over a failed bid to launch the first Chinese bank incorporated in Australia.

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CoreLogic hit with copyright lawsuit over data scraping
Intellectual Property 2021-04-06 5:53 pm By Miklos Bolza

Building and construction information service provider BCI Media is suing CoreLogic, accusing the property data analytics company of unauthorised access and scraping confidential information from its copyright-protected leads platform.

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JM Kelly’s negligence case against former accountant should go to trial, judge rules
Construction 2021-03-30 6:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has refused to summarily dismiss proceedings by collapsed construction group JM Kelly against its former accountant, finding it was an issue for trial whether he caused the company to continue operating despite financial issues leading to its liquidation.

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FE Sports to pay $350,000 penalty for ‘serious’ resale price maintenance
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-03-24 9:01 pm By Miklos Bolza

Brisbane-based sporting goods wholesaler FE Sports has been fined $350,000 for engaging in resale price maintenance that prohibited dealers from advertising certain products for less than the recommended retail price.

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‘A case of investor regret’: Mayfair dodges misleading and deceptive conduct case
Financial Services 2021-03-08 11:59 am By Miklos Bolza

An investor who sank $1 million into a now suspended Mayfair Group scheme has lost his misleading and deceptive conduct case against the firm, with a judge finding his evidence was “plainly coloured” by the fact he had lost his life savings.

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Designer appeals ruling that trendy handbag not a work of artistic craftsmanship
Intellectual Property 2021-02-08 5:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

An Australian maker of neoprene handbags sold at high-end retailers has appealed its loss in a copyright dispute over alleged knockoffs, contesting a judge’s finding that its trendy tote is not a work of artistic craftsmanship.

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Piper Alderman sues ex-partner who brought sex discrimination case
Employment 2021-02-04 11:42 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Law firm Piper Alderman has filed a lawsuit seeking payment of an alleged debt against a former senior partner who accused the firm of sex discrimination.

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Trial in Country Care case faces delay as COVID-19 restrictions keep judge, lawyers in NSW
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-01-21 1:10 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

The jury trial in a criminal cartel case against mobility equipment provider Country Care and two employees could be delayed due to coronavirus restrictions, as a majority of the parties, located in NSW, wait for restrictions to ease in order to travel to Victoria, a court has heard.

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