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AMP may have misled ASIC about Clayton Utz report, Hayne says
Financial Services 2018-09-28 11:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP may have misled the corporate watchdog about the independence of a report by Clayton Utz into its fees for no service policy, Royal Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has found.

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Co. director stung by landmark privilege ruling can’t delay trial
Corporate 2018-09-26 9:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

A company director who was on the losing end of a precedent-setting legal privilege ruling, along with law firm Macpherson Kelley, has lost a bid to halt the start of a trial over a failed joint venture while she searches for funding for new lawyers.

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Fitness First pays ACCC fine for overcharging members
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-09-26 2:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fitness First has been hit with a $12,600 fine for overcharging members for processing direct debit payments, the consumer watchdog said Wednesday.

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Law firms won’t challenge AMP class action ruling
Class Actions 2018-09-26 1:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

A landmark ruling that transferred four competing federal class actions against AMP to state court will stand, with the law firms behind the cases opting out of a fight in the High Court.

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Ex-ABC boss hires Johnson Winter & Slattery partner
Employment 2018-09-25 11:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

Sacked ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has hired Johnson Winter & Slattery employment heavyweight Ruveni Kelleher and a prominent Sydney barrister as she weighs her legal options days after her high-profile dismissal.

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Showdown looms as BHP faces 3rd class action over Brazil mine disaster
Class Actions 2018-09-25 10:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP Billiton has been hit with a third class action in Australia over the 2015 dam failure at its Samarco mine in Brazil, and the lead applicant in the latest case — one of the biggest pension funds in the US — has a lot at stake.

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Herbert Smith Freehills wins costs against United for ‘meritless’ IPO case
Corporate 2018-09-25 9:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Herbert Smith Freehills has won a ruling that puts United Petroleum on the hook for the costs — on an indemnity basis — of the law firm’s defence against a case that was, according to a judge Tuesday, “devoid of merit”.

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AMP admits to one bad apple in ASIC insurance rewriting case
Clayton Utz 2018-09-24 9:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMP’s financial planning unit has shot back at allegations by the corporate watchdog that a group of planners engaged in so-called life insurance rewriting, admitting only that one of its army of advisers broke the law. 

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IVF law discriminates against married woman with estranged husband, judge finds
Healthcare 2018-09-22 3:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Victorian woman can undergo IVF treatment using donor sperm without the consent of her estranged husband, the Federal Court has ruled, finding a state law that forced her to get the OK from her spouse breached federal discrimination laws.

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WorkPac, other labour hire cos. face class actions by casual miners
Adero Law 2018-09-21 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

Four labour hire companies are the new targets of class actions by thousands of casual miners who claim they were entitled to accrued leave in the wake of a landmark court ruling.

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