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An employment class action against McDonald's and its franchisees has won a last-minute bid to file evidence by three new witnesses after a key witness withdrew from the case.
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A judge has ruled that lender Monland can recover a $39 million debt against the director of a property developer whose Hawthorn project encountered “severe difficulties”.
Deakin University has won an injunction barring a former professor from running his research business as 'Blue Carbon Lab', finding the university owns the associated trade marks.
Liquidators for billionaire Sanjeev Gupta’s Tahmoor Coal are planning to bring a case against secured creditor Clydesdale Engineering, challenging its entitlement to be paid out during the liquidation.
ASIC has opened an insider trading investigation into the trading of retailer Accent Group's shares, asking the company to preserve communications by its CEO Daniel Agostinelli.
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A judge has tossed a suit seeking to recover a $1 million deposit on a $20.7 million agreement to purchase the former Jon Adgemis-owned Hotel Diplomat in Potts Point, after the deal fell through over concerns about mould and water ingress.
Another former director of collapsed Melbourne over-the-counter derivatives broker Berndale Capital Securities has pleaded guilty to misusing company funds, after his fellow director was sentenced to prison time.
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Granting a joinder bid in an unfair preferences case over the failure of carpentry firm Empryl, a judge has urged the Federal Court's rules committee to resolve a question hanging over liquidators seeking to bring proceedings against multiple defendants.
Film producer Greer Simpkin thought ‘The Deb’ actress Charlotte MacInnes was “fudging” when she walked back an alleged complaint to director Rebel Wilson, a court has heard.
A judge has urged the Federal Court's rules committee to settle a question hanging over liquidators seeking to bring unfair preferences proceedings against multiple defendants.