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Maddocks reps Simonds Group in $10M purchase of Dennis Family Homes
M&A 2025-02-04 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm Maddocks has advised Simonds Group on its $10 million pick-up of Dennis Family Homes, an acquisition expected to generate $200 million in additional revenue for the homebuilder next year.

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Contest between rival Google ad tech class actions on the cards
Class Actions 2025-01-31 4:15 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has foreshadowed a fight between two competing class actions against Google over alleged abuse of market dominance in digital advertising.

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India wins foreign state immunity appeal in fight over $111.3M arbitral award
Arbitration 2025-01-31 10:32 pm By Sam Matthews

The government of India has overturned a finding that it couldn’t dodge a $111.3 million arbitral award in a dispute with three Mauritian companies, with an appeals court finding it did not waive foreign state immunity in the case.  

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$3M class action settlement over Nine’s Palm Island coverage wins approval
Class Actions 2025-01-31 10:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $3 million settlement in a class action against Nine over its coverage of litigation related to the 2004 Palm Island riots. 

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Pawn shop class action lead applicant MIA, court hears
Class Actions 2025-01-31 10:37 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action alleging a pawn shop gave vulnerable customers loans with annual interest rates of 480 per cent has lost contact with its lead applicant and is looking for another, a court has heard. 

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HWL Ebsworth had legitimate interest in expelling older partner: appeals court
Business of Law 2025-01-30 4:11 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An appeals court has overturned a ruling that HWL Ebsworth invalidly expelled a capital partner in 2020 and rejected claims the firm improperly sought to exclude him from a proposed IPO. 

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Law firms team up to file competing Google ad tech class action
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-01-30 4:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two law firms have joined forces in a second class action on behalf of publishers alleging Google misused its dominance in the digital advertising market.

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‘Parties have gone feral’: Judge bemoans fee spat in barrister’s case against Nine
Defamation 2025-01-30 11:04 pm By Andy Sidler

Barrister Gina Edwards, who won her defamation case over Oscar the cavoodle, is locked in a fight with Nine and her former solicitor over fees, in what a judge has described as a “dog’s breakfast”.

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Law firm failed to bring ‘blindingly clear’ $1M claim for economic loss, court told
Trials 2025-01-30 5:28 pm By Sam Matthews

The plaintiff in a negligence case against Waller Legal has told a court the firm ignored his “blindingly clear” claim for loss of earning capacity in a historic sexual abuse case.

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Judge suppresses Seven reporter’s settled lawsuit for five years
Employment 2025-01-30 3:47 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has issued a five-year suppression order over documents in a settled lawsuit by a former Seven journalist, saying the order was necessary to incentivize settlements in similar cases.

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