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Iluka class action saved as new funder signs on
Class Actions 2019-09-05 1:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

A shareholder class action against mineral sands producer Iluka Resources has locked in litigation funding, ending months of uncertainty about the fate of the proceedings.

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Chilled meals deal gets frosty reception from ACCC
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-09-05 12:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

The competition regulator is opposing a deal to combine two of Australia’s largest manufacturers of chilled ready meals, and fired a warning shot to companies and administrators who fail to ensure the watchdog is notified of deals with close competitiors.

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Landmark Uber class action should be thrown out, court told
Class Actions 2019-09-04 10:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action alleging a conspiracy between ride-share giant Uber and related entities to launch a car service to take business from taxi drivers across Australia has no prospect of success and should be struck out, a lawyer for Uber told a court Wednesday.

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Ex-Norton Rose partner wins six-month delay of ‘ludicrous’ trial start date
Employment 2019-09-04 9:38 pm By Amelia Birnie

Norton Rose Fulbright will have to wait another six months before a long-running dispute with a former partner will be heard, after the ex-employee successfully argued it would be “ludicrous” for the trial to proceed.

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WorleyParsons ditches bid to close down class action mid-trial
Class Actions 2019-09-04 8:03 pm By Amelia Birnie

WorleyParsons has abandoned its mid-trial application to shut down a shareholder class action, amid uncertainty about whether the engineering company would be required to surrender its right to call reply evidence if it continued with its submission that it has no case to answer.

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ASIC takes BOQ, Bendigo Bank to court over small business contracts
ASIC 2019-09-04 10:31 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has filed Federal Court proceedings against Bank of Queensland and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank over alleged unfair terms in their small business contracts.

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Glencore prevails in $92M court battle with ATO
Tax 2019-09-03 10:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

Commodity trading and mining company Glencore has won a fight with the Australian Taxation Office over a $92 million tax bill related to copper purchased from a subsidiary operating the Cobar mine in NSW.

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Sacked HWL Ebsworth special counsel loses ‘wholly unrealistic’ unlawful dismissal case
Employment 2019-09-03 10:24 pm By Amelia Birnie

A judge has thrown out an unlawful dismissal case brought by former HWL Ebsworth special counsel against the firm, describing his arguments as “trivial” and “wholly unrealistic”.

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WorleyParsons denies bid to shut down class action will spark ‘brave new world’
Class Actions 2019-09-03 9:32 pm By Amelia Birnie

Counsel for WorleyParsons has denied the engineering firm’s attempt to end a shareholder class action mid-trial would be the start of a “brave new world” of no-case bids in representative proceedings, saying this was a rare instance of a case with “no chance of success”.

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Zoetis loses challenge over security for costs in horse vaccine class action
Class Actions 2019-09-03 2:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Full Federal Court has shot down a challenge to a ruling denying horse vaccine maker Zoetis’ application for security for costs in an unfunded class action brought on behalf of horse owners alleging the company failed to warn about the potential side effects of the Hendra virus vaccine.

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