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Exiled broker ponders misleading conduct case against Westpac
Financial Services 2018-09-03 2:26 pm By Miklos Bolza

A mortgage broker can eyeball an internal Westpac document as he considers a misleading and deceptive conduct case against the bank for stripping him of his accreditation without explanation.

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Latest BHP class action features novel funding arrangement
Class Actions 2018-09-02 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Maurice Blackburn has filed its promised class action against BHP Billiton over the Brazilian dam collapse, and the case puts a twist on typical funding arrangements, with the law firm looking to earn what it dubs a “litigation services fee” for financing the case itself.

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Unanswered Pinsent Masons emails show retainer was terminated, appeals court says
Contracts 2018-08-31 11:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Spanish construction company Técnicas Reunidas can’t block two Pinsent Masons solicitors, formerly with Norton Rose, from representing Downer EDI Engineering in an ICC arbitration between the two companies, with an appeals court saying unanswered emails provided sufficient proof a retainer had been terminated.

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Judge wants ‘something to happen’ in slow-moving CFMMEU whistleblower case
Employment 2018-08-31 11:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge on Friday bemoaned the slow progress of an unfair dismissal suit brought against the CFMMEU by two whistleblowers, telling lawyers at a hearing Friday he wanted “something to happen” in the case

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Truth defence tossed in Chau Chak Wing defamation case
Defamation 2018-08-31 10:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has thrown out the truth defence claimed by the ABC and Fairfax Media in a case brought by Chinese billionaire and philanthropist Dr Chau Chak Wing.

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Optus can access employee docs in fraud case
Telecommunications 2018-08-31 4:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Telecommunications giant Optus has won court approval to access employee documents in order to pinpoint the location of a suspected fraudster who obtained over 3,400 Optus mobile devices.

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Deloitte fights order denying privilege in Hastie class action
Appeals 2018-08-31 2:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Auditing firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu wants to challenge a ruling that forces some of its partners to hand over evidence to  shareholders in a class action over accounting work for collapsed engineering company Hastie Group.

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Judges to up scrutiny of confidentiality in class action settlements
Analysis 2018-08-30 11:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

The decision by a federal judge to refuse calls for a confidentiality order keeping under wraps S&P Global’s massive class action settlement is a welcome one, experts say, and a preview of judgments to come.

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Bannister Law mulls direct life insurance class action
Class Actions 2018-08-30 10:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Bannister Law is investigating a possible class action against providers of direct life insurance, in the wake of an ASIC report that found many insurers used aggressive sales tactics and didn’t provide consumers with enough information about the products they sold.

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Hytera ordered to hand over source code in Motorola IP dispute
Intellectual Property 2018-08-30 9:41 pm By Miklos Bolza

Chinese tech company Hytera Communications Corporation has been ordered to hand over source code for all radio devices at the heart of a international patent dispute with Motorola Solutions.

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