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Sports betting companies lose challenge to $3.8M judgment
An appeals court has dealt Classic Bet and Best Bet a loss in their challenge to a $3.8 million judgment in a contractual dispute related to the $5.95 million acquisition of the sports gambling companies by Playup in 2018.
Bupa hit with $6M penalty over broken promises to aged care residents
Bupa Aged Care has been ordered to pay a $6 million penalty for charging customers of its aged care facilities for services it never provided, including enhancements intended to improve the quality of life for its most vulnerable residents, such as those suffering from dementia and blindness.
Damage to Sarah Hanson-Young’s reputation just the ‘cut and thrust of politics’, Full Court told
Politicians are "rarely nice to each other" and go out of their way to harm the reputation of others, a lawyer for former Senator David Leyonhjelm has told the Full Court in appealing a $120,000 damages bill for defamatory comments he was found to have made about Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.
Shareholder appeals judge’s refusal to freeze AMP class action
A NSW Supreme Court decision refusing to put a Maurice Blackburn-led shareholder class action against AMP on ice pending a High Court challenge has been appealed by the lead applicant of a competing case.
AMP accused of poaching 11 employees from wealth management software company
A software company is suing a subsidiary of AMP for breach of contract after the financial services firm allegedly induced 11 employees to jump ship after licensing its online advisor platform.
Class action to be filed over COVID-19 outbreak on Greg Mortimer cruise
A class action is expected to be launched this week on behalf of hundreds of passengers and crew of the Greg Mortimer cruise liner who were exposed to the coronavirus on a voyage to Antarctica in March.
Law firm should personally pay costs for individual pelvic mesh cases, judge says
A judge has found that the law firm behind a plethora of pelvic mesh lawsuits filed in multiple courts should be personally hit with costs for its "keystone cop-like conduct" in handling the proceedings, but has given the firm a week to convince him otherwise.
Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial vacated over coronavirus, national security concerns
The six-week trial in four defamation cases brought by war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has been pushed off because of restrictions on in-person hearings and the Attorney-General's decision to invoke national security law and cloak the proceedings in secrecy.
Settling plaintiffs get first dibs on Parkerville bushfire defendant’s assets
The first-past-the-post principle applies to enforcement of settlements in collective actions over a 2014 bushfire in Western Australia, a judge has held, in a ruling that could have ramifications for all class actions.
Arnold Bloch Leibler wins access to Quindell due diligence docs
Arnold Bloch Leibler has been granted access to due diligence docs related to Slater and Gordon's $1.2 billion acquisition of professional services firm Quindell, to use in its defence of a class action over advice it gave on the troubled acquisition.