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High Court to weigh in on whether finger pointing allowed in arbitration
High Court 2023-05-22 1:20 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on whether proportionate liability defences can be applied in the context of commercial arbitration.

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Personal assistant of alleged fraudster Chris Marco faces charges
White Collar 2023-05-19 4:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former executive assistant of accused Ponzi schemer Chris Marco is facing charges linked to an alleged $29.5 million fraud against investors.

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Victorian Bar to poll members on endorsing Voice to Parliament
Policy and Regulation 2023-05-18 4:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A group of Victorian barristers says the Bar has a responsibility to make a public statement backing the proposed Voice to Parliament, while others have questioned the “propriety” of speaking out, an email to members reveals.

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WA government faces second class action by Banksia Hill inmates
Class Actions 2023-05-18 2:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Law firm Levitt Robinson has filed a second class action against the Western Australian government on behalf of inmates in the state’s Banksia Hill detention centre alleging unlawful disability and age discrimination.

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Sydney MP Alex Greenwich to sue Mark Latham over homophobic tweet
Defamation 2023-05-18 2:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Independent member for Sydney Alex Greenwich is preparing to bring a defamation case against One Nation’s NSW leader, Mark Latham, after he published a homophobic post on Twitter last month.

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Nine’s A Current Affair broke privacy rules in airing neighbour dispute, ACMA finds
Media 2023-05-18 11:36 pm By Gareth Baker

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has found Channel Nine breached privacy rules in a story on A Current Affair about a violent dispute between neighbours in regional New South Wales that went viral on YouTube.

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HFW recruits leading IR lawyer to bolster employment practice
People In The News 2023-05-17 3:22 pm By Gareth Baker

International law firm HFW is expanding its Australian employment practice, hiring leading industrial relations, safety and employment law solicitor Simon Billing in Perth.

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Tech exec subjected to DXC’s ‘unreasonable’ 7-year restraint clause wins appeal
Technology 2023-05-16 10:28 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has found a seven-year non-competition clause in US tech giant DXC Eclipse’s agreement with the former director of Melbourne software firm Sable37, which it acquired in 2018, was unreasonable.

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In decades-long fight over coal seam gas fields, Tri-Star loses referee bid
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-05-16 3:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Texas oil giant Tri-Star has lost its bid for a referral in a dispute with natural gas exporter Australia Pacific LNG over several coal seam gas fields in Queensland and $7.6 billion in share acquisitions.

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Meridian continues raid of McCabes to grow insurance team
Business of Law 2023-05-15 10:30 pm By Gareth Baker

National law firm Meridian Lawyers has nabbed two senior practitioners from McCabes for its insurance group, less than a month after luring 14 lawyers and staff from its competitor.

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