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Parkerville bushfire victim stuck with Western Power’s settlement offer
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-01-16 4:34 pm By Sam Matthews

A victim of the 2014 Parkerville bushfire can’t withdraw acceptance of a settlement offer from Western Power in light of PTSD symptoms which he said affected his judgment.

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‘Back to the future’: High Court’s Pafburn decision sends construction litigation to 2002
Analysis 2025-01-20 5:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A recent High Court decision that dealt a blow to builders and developers in NSW will usher in a return to a pre-2002 litigation regime, when plaintiffs only sued the parties with the deepest pockets, an expert has told Lawyerly. 

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Bulldogs take fight over damages for fan’s abuse to High Court
Appeals 2025-01-10 1:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Western Bulldogs, formerly the Footscray Football Club, has launched a High Court challenge to a $6 million award to a fan who was sexually abused by a club volunteer.

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Exactech class action continues settlement talks despite US bankruptcy
Class Actions 2025-01-08 11:47 am By Andy Sidler

A class action against implant maker Exactech has been stayed in light of its US bankruptcy, but a carve out allows the firm that brought the case to continue settlement negotiations.

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Dentons says former partner’s equity prospects curtailed by own conduct
Employment 2024-12-03 11:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former Dentons property partner claims he lost the opportunity for promotion when he was forced to resign, but the firm argues his own misconduct put paid to his prospects of joining the equity ranks.

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Wotton Kearney nabs Clyde & Co insurance partner, team
Insurance 2024-12-02 1:01 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Wotton Kearney has welcomed a Clyde & Co partner and his team of six to bolster its Sydney-based insurance practice.

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Parties race to settle Exactech joint implant class action
Class Actions 2024-11-14 4:37 pm By Andy Sidler

The law firm running a class action against Exactech over allegedly faulty joint implants is facing the “impossible task” of settling the case by January, the “drop dead” deadline for resolving the claim under its US parent company’s restructuring.

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Telstra didn’t discriminate against Triple-0 worker with hearing loss: court
Discrimination 2024-11-14 4:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has found that Telstra did not violate disability discrimination laws when it put a hard-of-hearing Triple-0 operator on leave after she failed a hearing test.

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Dentons, Australia chair say ex-partner’s suit in breach of settlement
Business of Law 2024-10-01 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Dentons and Australian chair Doug Stipanicev have hit back at allegations by a former property partner that they breached workplace laws, saying the partner is barred from bringing his case.

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Judge questions Dentons’ claim of ignorance of alleged search for dirt
Employment 2024-09-26 12:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge on Thursday queried counsel for Dentons on the law firm’s defence to claims by an ex-partner that Australian chair and CEO Doug Stipanicev initiated a search for evidence of misconduct.

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