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Abandoned soccer match between Scottish rivals spawns $3M suit
Sports 2022-11-29 3:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Australian sports promoters TEG Live and Left Field Live have sued Scottish football team the Rangers for at least $3 million after the club allegedly backed out of a Sydney match with rival Celtic.

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Banksia judge faces possible recusal bid by companies linked to silk’s wife
Class Actions 2022-11-28 3:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

The judge whose ruling against the legal team behind the Banksia class action fraud helped redeem the battered reputation of the civil justice system may be asked to disqualify himself from the final fight in the drawn out case.

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Born to be a barrister: Bar pays tribute to silk Sandy Dawson
Sandy Dawson 2022-11-28 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

Highly regarded barrister Alexander ‘Sandy’ Dawson SC has been honored by colleagues and clients on his death at the age of 50 after a battle with brain cancer.

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Judge slashes Opal Tower funder’s cut of class action settlement
Class Actions 2022-11-28 11:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a confidential settlement in a class action on behalf of 383 apartment owners in Sydney’s Opal Tower but slashed the amount sought by the funder.

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Law firm’s fees trimmed in Drakes employment class action
Employment 2022-11-28 9:30 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has cut at least $170,000 from the fees sought by a law firm running a class action on behalf of Drakes Supermarkets store managers who were allegedly underpaid — the same firm that saw its fees reduced in two similar class actions.

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Clive Palmer’s mine would cause ‘life terminating harm’, court finds
Energy & Natural Resources 2022-11-28 3:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has rejected the plans of a Clive Palmer-owned mining company to dig a coalmine in central Queensland, finding the mine would infringe on the human rights of First Nations people and future generations of Queenslanders, and contribute to “foreseeable and preventable life terminating harm”.

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Chemist Warehouse accused of selling knockoff Victoria’s Secret perfumes
Intellectual Property 2022-11-28 4:20 pm By Sam Matthews

US lingerie and beauty giant Victoria’s Secret has taken Chemist Warehouse to court for allegedly selling counterfeit perfumes.

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Court can’t use general power under class action regime to dispense with opt out notice, judge says
Class Actions 2022-11-25 10:26 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing the Montara oil spill class action has found the Federal Court’s broad discretion under the class action regime is “outflanked” by the need to give group members a chance to opt out. But resolving that question on Thursday — which has divided the courts — caused a further wrinkle ahead of a hearing to weigh a settlement in the case.

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Silk’s COVID-19 diagnosis won’t delay students’ discrimination trial
Human Rights 2022-11-25 5:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

A group of Jewish and Israeli former students who have accused a Victorian high school of allowing racially-charged bullying have defeated a bid by the state government to adjourn evidence at trial after its silk was diagnosed with COVID-19. 

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Directed Electronics wins suit over ‘reprehensible’ theft by ex-manager
Intellectual Property 2022-11-25 10:42 pm By Sam Matthews

Automotive electronics company Directed Electronics has largely prevailed in a five-year-old lawsuit alleging a former manager misappropriated company information and reaped $3.6 million in commissions through a secret side agreement with South Korean giant Hanhwa.

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