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Class action asks High Court to hear appeal over Ruby Princess’s foreign passengers
COVID-19 2022-09-12 11:17 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against cruise operator Carnival PLC over the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess will ask the High Court to hear a challenge to a decision that found a class action waiver for foreign passengers was not unfair.

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Ex-special forces commando sues ABC for defamation over war crimes coverage
Defamation 2022-09-12 4:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former special forces commander has sued the Australian Broadcasting Corporation over two stories which he claims implied that he ā€œcallously killedā€ a prisoner and committed war crimes while in Afghanistan in 2012.

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Scenic Cruises ordered to pay $10M to passengers forced to take the bus
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-09-12 10:22 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered Scenic Cruises to pay just over $10 million to travellers who were promised a ā€œonce in a lifetime cruise along the grand waterways of Europeā€ but were instead forced to take the bus from city to city.

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Apple hit with suit over App Store takedown
Technology 2022-09-12 1:34 pm By Sam Matthews

Apple has been sued by a microneedling pen company that alleges it suffered loss when the tech giant removing its app from the App Store based on bogus claims of trade mark infringement.

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Lawyers to seek 22% cut in Noumi shareholder class action
Class Actions 2022-09-12 5:09 pm By Sam Matthews

Law firms Slater & Gordon and Phi Finney McDonald are seeking a 22 per cent cut of any recovery in a consolidated shareholder class action against food company Noumi and its auditor Deloitte over $590 million in accounting irregularities.

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Appeals court sides with nephew in Binetter family feud over $1M loan
Appeals 2022-09-12 10:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has tossed an appeal in litigation between members of the embattled Binetter family, founders of Nudie Juice, over a $1 million loan given by Holocaust survivor Ida Wolff to her nephew Ronald Binetter.

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Banksia class action silk’s wife bound by damning judgment, court told
Class Actions 2022-09-09 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

Companies associated with the wife of disgraced senior barrister Norman O’Bryan are stuck with the findings of last year’s excoriating judgment against the Banksia class action legal team despite their status as third parties, a court has heard.

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Arbitrator whose wife repped Gina Rinehart can hear family feud over mining assets
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-09-09 1:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has refused a bid by Bianca Rinehart and John Hancock to block an arbitrator from deciding a long-running dispute over valuable mining assets, despite his wife having acted for Gina Rinehart in related proceedings.

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Meta canā€™t keep ACCC case over scam crypto ads under wraps
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-09-09 12:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Facebook-owner Meta has lost its bid for broad non-publication orders in its battle with the ACCC over material it says could prejudice jury members in criminal proceedings by mining magnate Andrew Forrest.Ā 

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ACCC appeals ruling on Retail Food Group sample stores
Appeals 2022-09-09 12:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has appealed a judgment that found its case alleging Retail Foods Group misled franchisees should be run using a sample of stores.

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