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Mallesons hires EY partner to bolster tax practice
Mallesons has hired a tax partner from EY with expertise in stamp duty and land tax, strengthening the firm's indirect tax practice.
Lawyers, funder to seek 75% of AMP’s $29M class action settlement
The lawyers and funder behind a settled class action against AMP will ask a court to OK fees and commission totalling almost $22 million, a bill that leaves just $7 million for group members but represents a $43 million loss on actual costs.
Contradictor appointed amid ‘concerns’ about $18M class action settlement
A contradictor will weigh in on an $18 million settlement in a class action by Sydney homeowners, even though the funder and law firm have agreed to a cut from their deductions, which would have left just 20 per cent of the settlement for group members.
Smart Trike can’t withdraw admissions in Target suit after lawyers’ error
A judge has rejected ride-on toy maker Smart Trike's bid to withdraw admissions in a dispute with Target due to errors by its lawyers, saying the company had failed to adequately explain how the admissions came to be made and repeated in three versions of its defence.
Glenmore Park class action drops stigmatisation claims
A class action against Mulpha over a 683-lot development in Glenmore Park will discontinue stigmatisation claims, with property damage claims still remaining, a court has heard. 
Price-fixing parties should have met ‘without bread and water’ until conferral complete: judge
A judge has scolded the parties in a price-fixing case against Downer EDI's Spotless and Ventia for not conferring long enough to finalise critical documents ahead of trial, saying he should have ordered they stay in a room "without bread and water" until the task was complete.
Ex-Demons chair sues Nine over defamation coverage
Former Melbourne Demons chair Glen Bartlett is suing Nine for defamation over its coverage of a settlement in separate defamation proceedings he brought against club president Kate Roffey.
Class action fights Worley’s High Court appeal, says proof ‘overwhelming’
A shareholder class action that succeeded in the Full Federal Court has argued that Worley's appeal to the High Court should be rejected, saying that its proof regarding market-based causation was “overwhelming”.
Ex-Spotlight producer loses bid to gag Justice Michael Lee
A judge has rejected former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach's bid to restrain Federal Court Justice Michael Lee from making further public comments about the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case, after the judge spoke about the case in an interview with reporter Joe Aston. 
Knowmore Legal can’t exclude applicant’s claim from class action trial
Legal services provider Knowmore Legal has lost its bid to exclude a class action lead plaintiff’s individual claim from an upcoming trial in proceedings accusing it of providing cookie cutter legal advice to survivors of institutional child sexual abuse.