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Sumo Power fined $1.2M for misleading consumers
Victorian electric utility Sumo Power has been fined $1.2 million for luring customers with the promise of discounts and low rates only to jack up their prices months later.
Barrister reprimanded for lewd gesture faces appeal by NSW Bar Association
The Council of the NSW Bar Association has filed an appeal after a tribunal found that a Sydney barrister who allegedly pushed an assistant clerk’s head while making a sexual remark at a professional dinner did not commit sexual harassment but was engaging her in "horseplay".
S&P class action applicant resists paying security for ratings agency’s costs
A fight is looming over a bid by S&P Global for a class action applicant to pay security for the legal costs of defending the litigation, with the applicant arguing it shouldn't have to fork over anything.
Former Nuix CFO, family members caught up in $17.8M insider trading probe
The corporate regulator has secured a travel ban against the brother of former Nuix CFO Stephen Doyle as it pursues a criminal investigation of alleged insider trading by the executive and his family.
Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial adjourned as COVID-19 flares in NSW
Trial in the defamation case by accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has been adjourned for three weeks after COVID-19 restrictions prevented witnesses from travelling to Sydney and national security concerns were raised regarding Afghani witnesses set to give evidence.
Court finds Ford PowerShift cars defective, in victory for class action
In a win for a long-running class action against US auto giant Ford on behalf of owners of 70,000 vehicles, a judge has found that cars installed with PowerShift transmissions were defective.
ACCC loses competition case against NSW Ports over 50-year deal with state
The ACCC has lost its regulatory action against NSW Ports alleging a 50-year agreement with the state, signed when Port Botany and Port Kembla were privatised in 2013, was anti-competitive.
How a sliding doors moment led Slater and Gordon’s Andrew Paull into class actions
If not for a “sliding doors moment” experienced soon after graduating university, Slater and Gordon class action practice group leader Andrew Paul could have ended up on a very different career path.
Liberal politician Andrew Laming sues ABC journo Louise Milligan over tweets
Liberal party politician Andrew Laming has hit ABC Four Corners journalist Louise Milligan with a defamation lawsuit over allegedly “sensational, accusatory and spiteful” tweets intended to “irrevocably damage” his reputation.
‘Trouble and harassment’: Appeals court won’t revive Palmer’s $263M suit against CITIC
Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy have lost a challenge to a Western Australia Supreme Court decision staying a $263 million lawsuit against Hong Kong-based CITIC, with an appeals court finding the mining giant's decision to abandon and relitigate matters amounted to "unjustified trouble and harassment".