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Court finds insurer does not have to cover underpayment claims
Insurance 2024-12-09 11:00 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has found insurer Lloyds of London does not have to indemnify real estate agent Attree for underpayment claims by employees.

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Firm fees, funder’s cut slashed in $180M stolen wages class action settlement
Class Actions 2024-11-27 3:21 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has approved a settlement of up to $180.4 million in a stolen wages class action against the WA government but slashed the law firm’s fees and funder’s commission.

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Child removal class actions launched against NSW, WA
Class Actions 2024-11-20 4:10 pm By Sam Matthews

Two class actions have been filed alleging racial discrimination by New South Wales and Western Australia over the placement of children in state care.

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‘Deliberate defiance’: Lawyer who practiced after certificate nixed struck from roll
Business of Law 2024-11-04 11:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Western Australian solicitor has been struck from the roll after he continued to practice under a cancelled licence following mismanagement of trust funds and a failure to lodge tax returns.Ā 

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Judge balks at $10M registration bill in stolen wages class action
Class Actions 2024-10-29 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing a $180.4 million settlement in a stolen wages class action has railed against Shine Lawyers’ $10 million bill for the costs of registration, saying ā€œsomething has gone seriously wrongā€.

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Lawyer found to have misled court should be struck from roll: tribunal
Business of Law 2024-10-15 11:03 pm By Andy Sidler

A solicitor who was found to have made misleading statements to the court, a judge’s associate and another lawyer should be struck from the roll, a tribunal has found.

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Mills Oakley welcomes three new partners
Business of Law 2024-10-01 2:34 pm By Sam Matthews

Mills Oakley has lured three partners from rival firms to join its offices in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide.Ā 

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Class action filed over ‘substandard’ public housing in WA
Class Actions 2024-08-22 7:52 am By Christine Caulfield

A class action has been launched seeking ā€œhousing justiceā€ for Aboriginal tenants living in alleged substandard public housing in Western Australia.

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High Court upholds court’s power to set aside arbitration ruling in $130M spat with Chevron
High Court 2024-08-14 10:42 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has rejected an appeal from a joint venture that provided work on Chevron’s Gorgon liquified natural gas project that argued the Western Australia appeals court lacked power to uphold a ruling that set aside an arbitration ruling in a $130 million dispute over the project.

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Acciona must deliver bank guarantees for $511M waste-to-energy plant
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-14 1:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ruled that Acciona must deliver $38.6 million in bank guarantees to the entity in charge of a $511 million waste-to-energy plant in Western Australia, despite allegations of insolvency levelled by the Spanish infrastructure giant.

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