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Subpoenas need only seek relevant, not case-advancing, info: appeals court
Tax 2023-06-30 4:07 pm By Sam Matthews

A self-represented litigant locked in a legal battle with the ATO and Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has won an appeal of a decision that set aside nine subpoenas she issued, including one to the Assistant Director of the CDPP, with the appeals court finding that the relevance of the evidence sought was enough to satisfy the application.

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Bruck Textile bigwigs to stand trial on charges over unpaid redundancies
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-06-30 1:25 pm By Gareth Baker

Executives of collapsed Bruck Textile Technologies have been committed to stand trial on charges alleging they schemed their way out of making more than $3 million in redundancy payments to their 58 employees.Ā 

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Banknote maker prevails again in challenge to rival’s security device patent
Intellectual Property 2023-06-30 5:19 pm By Gareth Baker

Australian banknote manufacturer CCL Secure has succeeded a second time in opposing a patent application by British rival De La Rue International for banknote security technology.

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Slater & Gordon faces court challenge to Allegro takeover by small biz
Slater & Gordon 2023-06-29 9:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A self-managed superannuation fund has taken Slater & Gordon to court to block the the acquisition of its shares in the firm as part of the plaintiff firm’s takeover by private equity firm Allegro Funds, saying the 55 cents per share price is not fair and reasonable.

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Medibank’s woes worsen as fifth data breach class action filed
Class Actions 2023-06-29 3:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Medibank is now facing five class actions over last October’s cyber attack that left exposed the personal data of 9.7 million customers, this one by shareholders of the private health insurer.

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Gladys Berejiklian mulls legal challenge to corruption finding
Public Corruption 2023-06-29 11:58 am By Christine Caulfield

Former premier of NSW Gladys Berejiklian and her ex-boyfriend, former member for Wagga Wagga Daryl Maguire, engaged in “serious corrupt conduct”, ICAC has found.

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Lawyers for TPG-backed Anew Climate taken to task for writ failure
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-06-29 9:53 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected TPG-owned Anew Climateā€™s bid for default judgment against an Australian company that allegedly impersonated a US carbon offset developer in order to unlawfully receive payments under a $1 billion deal, saying ā€œitā€™s not hardā€ to make the application under the correct rule.

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HWL Ebsworth’s claim of exhausted discovery in partner spat ‘puzzling’, judge says
Business of Law 2023-06-29 10:47 pm By Gareth Baker

A judge has criticised HWL Ebsworthā€™s discovery efforts and ordered the law firm to try again in the firmā€™s dispute with a former partner claiming the company cut him out of a proposed ASX float in 2020.Ā 

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Class action slams Carnival’s ‘bizarre’ bid for law firm’s strategy docs
Class Actions 2023-06-29 11:00 pm By Gareth Baker

A Shine Lawyers class action over norovirus outbreaks on Carnivalā€™s Sun Princess cruise ship has called an attempt to see documents outlining its strategy for the case ā€œabusiveā€ and ā€œbizarreā€, as the cruise operator continues its fight to have the suit struck out.Ā 

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Greensill UK wins halt to cross-claims in cases over $1.7B collapse
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-06-29 4:26 pm By Sam Matthews

Greensill Capital’s UK division has won a stay of several lawsuits over the supply chain financing firm’s $1.7 billion collapse, but an insurer has already flagged a bid to press on with its claims against the company.

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