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Allianz loses fight with Probuild over $1B West Side Place development bonds
Insurance 2022-11-24 3:05 am By Sam Matthews

Insurer Allianz has lost its bid to claw back millions in performance bonds provided to collapsed building company Probuild in relation to works at a $1 billion development in the Melbourne CBD.

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$1M penalty against NQ Cranes over cartel agreement gets court’s OK
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-11-23 5:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved a $1 million penalty against Queensland crane company NQ Cranes for engaging in a conspiracy with a multinational rival to divide the Brisbane and Newcastle markets.

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WA government will try to snuff out Clive Palmer’s $30B lawsuit
Dominic Villa 2022-11-23 5:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The West Australian government has flagged a bid to scuttle mining magnate Clive Palmer’s latest lawsuit claiming he can sue the state for up to $30 billion over mining tenements in the Pilbara.

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Lloyd’s underwriters dodge coverage for EP Financial negligence suit
Insurance 2022-11-21 10:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A group of Lloyd’s underwriters are off the hook for financial services company EP Financial Services’ costs in an lawsuit over allegedly negligent financial advice, after an appeals court found the exclusions under the policy were valid.

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Insurer on hook for breast implant class action costs after High Court snub
High Court 2022-11-18 11:18 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Avant Insurance has lost its bid to challenge a ruling which put it on the hook for indemnifying a plastic surgeon in class action proceedings over allegedly botched breast augmentations at a defunct NSW clinic.

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Griffith Hack sued by hospital operator over patent rights to stem cell invention
Intellectual Property 2022-11-17 5:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The operator of the Royal Perth Hospital has brought legal action against Griffith Hack alleging the law firm contributed to the “dishonest and fraudulent design” of a leading researcher to transfer the intellectual property rights to a stem cell manufacturing method developed inhouse.

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Clive Palmer strikes out again in attempt to dodge criminal charges
White Collar 2022-11-16 5:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has thrown out proceedings brought by mining magnate Clive Palmer in which he alleged an abuse of process by prosecutors and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, finding that Palmer’s suits were themselves a “misuse of proceedings.”

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Lawyer reprimanded for using firm letterhead to threaten suit on boyfriend’s behalf
Legal Ethics 2022-11-15 5:51 pm By Sam Matthews

A solicitor of a national law firm has been reprimanded after falsely representing that the firm acted for her partner in a property dispute over $1,000.

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Light rail class action plaintiffs want NSW on hook for litigation funder’s cut
Transportation & Infrastructure 2022-11-15 4:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

Businesses bringing a class action over Sydney’s $3 billion light rail project are pursuing a bold new claim that the NSW government pay not only for damages related to their nuisance claims, but for the 40 percent commission the litigation’s funder wants from a post-trial judgment.

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Romeo’s class action members won’t get paid by Christmas after ‘tense’ exchange with judge
Class Actions 2022-11-15 11:52 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge overseeing two underpayment class actions against supermarket chain Romeo’s has declined to vary a settlement agreement to provide for distribution by Christmas, saying plaintiff firm Adero Law had not taken “all reasonable steps” to facilitate the payments.

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