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Class action against NSW public hospital operators can continue, judge rules
Ashurst 2019-03-18 9:48 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A judge has rejected a motion by the NSW government and 15 local health districts to shut down a class action by the relatives of overseas patients who were forced to serve as guarantors and hit with hospital bills worth tens of thousands of dollars.

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Labour hire company Manpower faces unfair dismissal case by former GM
Employment 2019-03-18 11:45 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Ex-Manpower Services general manager Jamie Butterworth is suing the multinational recruitment company, alleging he was unlawfully terminated for complaining about the performance of the company’s Experis brand.

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IOOF faces shareholder class action after APRA case
Class Actions 2019-03-18 10:56 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Wealth manager IOOF is facing a shareholder class action alleging it failed to tell investors that misconduct aired at the Banking Royal Commission would put it in the crosshairs of Australia’s financial regulator.

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Judges back US-style class action standstill to deal with competing cases
Class Actions 2019-03-15 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A proposed 90-day standstill that gives law firms time to file competing class actions without rushing to court has garnered support from multiple Federal Court judges, and could be adopted as part of new protocols being considered, one judge said Friday.

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Viva Energy fined $100,000 for polluting Sydney Harbour in NYE oil spill
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-03-15 10:37 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Viva Energy has been convicted and fined $100,000 for polluting Sydney Harbour after a marine fuel oil spill from a corroded pipe at the company’s Gore Bay terminal on New Year’s Eve three years ago.

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Internet provider Activ8me fined $250,000 for misleading customers
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-03-15 10:20 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A court has ordered internet provider Activ8me to pay $250,000 in penalties for making false and misleading claims about the performance of its internet services, the consumer watchdog said Friday.

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Harry Triguboff’s Meriton sues NSW premier over Macquarie Park tower
Environment 2019-03-14 11:54 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Billionaire property developer Harry Triguboff is taking NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to court in his fight for approval of a controversial tower in Macquarie Park, Sydney.

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Retail Food Group slammed as ‘particularly unjust’ in damning franchise report
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-03-14 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A parliamentary report released Thursday recommended major reform to the $170 billion franchise industry and called on three government agencies to probe franchise giant Retail Food Group and its top executives for potential insider trading, tax evasion and other unlawful conduct.

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High Court upholds spiritual attachment damages in landmark native title case
Appeals 2019-03-13 10:40 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The High Court has upheld a $1.3 million damages award to native title holders in the Northern Territory town of Timber Creek for their loss of spiritual attachment to the land, in the first ever assessment by the court of native title compensation.

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Judge calls for criteria to pick winner in competing class action battles
Class Actions 2019-03-13 9:43 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The courts should be given express statutory power to resolve competing class actions that establishes the factors to consider when picking a winning case, a leading class action judge has said.

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