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Westpac risk manager claims bank painted her a ‘troublemaker’
Employment 2024-09-06 3:13 pm By Andy Sidler

Westpac’s head of audit and risk has taken her employer to court, claiming the bank shut down her compliance concerns about its shuttered mortgage broking subsidiary RAMS and stigmatised her as a “troublemaker” after she made repeated inquiries into the matter.

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Bruce Lehrmann seeks to claw back $117k from lawyers
Defamation 2024-09-06 1:44 pm By Sam Matthews

Bruce Lehrmann has flagged a bid to claw back $117,000 he says his former legal team was not entitled to pay out of a trust account in his failed defamation case against Network Ten, saying he intends to use the sum to pay counsel to sign off on his appeal. In a case management hearing…

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Superannuation class action against Westpac unit to be discontinued
Class Actions 2024-09-06 12:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action targeting Westpac subsidiary BT Funds Management and Tal Life Insurance is set to be discontinued less than a year after it was filed.

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Judge strikes out ACCC’s entire claim against Meta over crypto ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-09-06 12:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Over objections from the ACCC, a judge has struck out the regulator’s entire case against Meta over scam cryptocurrency ads on Facebook after it clarified that each allegedly misleading ad should be a separate contravention.

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Class action over ā€˜cookie cutterā€™ legal advice faces declassing bid
Legal Ethics 2024-09-06 11:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The peak body for community legal centres has flagged a declassing application in a group proceeding alleging Knowmore Legal Service provided negligent, ā€œcookie cutterā€ advice to survivors of institutional child sexual abuse.Ā 

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CFMEU secretary Michael O’Connor taken to court by APRA
Superannuation 2024-09-06 11:45 pm By Andy Sidler

The prudential regulator has filed court action against First Super co-chair and CFMEU manufacturing division boss Michael O’Connor, alleging he breached his director’s duties under superannuation laws when he hired a union official to work for the fund.

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High Court to clarify scope of genuine redundancy exception to unfair dismissal laws
Employment 2024-09-05 11:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on the genuine redundancy exclusion under unfair dismissal laws, taking up an appeal of a Federal Court ruling that found employers must first consider redeployment.

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Deloitte appointed administrators of Keystone despite ‘baggage’
Financial Services 2024-09-05 11:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ruled that two Deloitte partners can act as administrators for embattled wealth manager Keystone, replacing two voluntary administrators from KordaMentha, despite an alleged risk of conflict due to past work for the company.

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HWL Ebsworth defeats client’s bid for High Court review in negligence case
Professional Negligence 2024-09-05 11:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined to grant special leave to a former HWL Ebsworth client seeking to revive a decision that found the law firm’s bad advice over property in Parramatta’s ‘Auto Alley’ cost it $2 million.

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ANZ resists ‘roving commission’ into culture in sacked trader’s lawsuit
Employment 2024-09-05 2:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ANZ has argued a sacked traderā€™s bid for discovery has turned into a ā€œroving commissionā€ of the bankā€™s culture in a lawsuit alleging the trader was terminated for complaining about the bankā€™s manipulation of the bank bill swap rate.Ā 

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