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Investment whiz Michael Kodari has lost his appeal of a $151,000 judgment awarded in favour of his former bodyguard, who lost his job -- and his company Maserati -- after wanting to seek legal advice about a new employment contract.
A judge has ordered Australia and New Zealand Banking Group to pay $10 million in penalties after finding that the bank engaged in unconscionable conduct and breached its obligations by slugging customers $3 million in periodic payment fees it was not entitled to charge.
Viagogo has been ordered to pay a $7 million penalty for misleading customers into thinking the ticket reseller was an official vendor and failing to disclose booking fees of around 28 per cent.
An appeals court has dismissed a second bid by lawyer Alex Elliott to have the judge overseeing the Banksia class action disqualified from hearing claims that he, like his late father, was party to an alleged fraudulent scheme in running the litigation.
Fast food giant McDonald's will expand its lawsuit against rival Hungry Jack's to bring a misleading and deceptive conduct allegation over an ad that claims the Big Jack burger is "clearly bigger" than the Big Mac.
In an "ode to a dying corporation" a Western Australia judge known for his droll judgments has waxed poetic in approving the end of a quarter century of litigation over the collapse of Alan Bond's Bell Group of companies, penning what he described in mock solemnity as "more of a requiem than a judgment".
The ACCC has lost its case against Employsure alleging the specialist workplace relations consultancy duped small businesses into signing long-term contracts via several Google ads that promised free workplace advice which appeared to be government-affiliated.
The judge overseeing a challenge to Victoria's recently lifted COVID-19 curfew has dismissed the state's government bid to have the court split the hearing and first determine whether restaurant owner Michelle Loielo had standing to bring the case.
Australian food manufacturer Freedom Foods has taken US almond supplier Blue Diamond to court over a disputed licencing deal under which it sells Almond Breeze almond milk in Australia.
The Federal Government is appealing a judge's decision to allow the expansion of the Robodebt class action to include claims against five public officers, including Federal Minister Alan Tudge.