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High Court to hear ASIC appeal in outback book-up case
Appeals 2018-08-20 11:25 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The corporate watchdog has won special leave to appeal to the High Court a ruling that found a general store owner in outback South Australia who sold cars by “book up” had not acted unconscionably.

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Foodora enters administration, leaves landmark cases in limbo
Employment 2018-08-17 10:18 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Two weeks after announcing it would pull out of Australia, delivery food company Foodora has gone into administration, putting the brakes on two unfair dismissal cases and a sham contracting action by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

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Casual worker with predictable roster entitled to annual leave, Full Court says
Employment 2018-08-16 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A casual worker hired as a truck driver at a Rio Tinto coal mine was entitled to annual leave, the Full Federal Court said Friday in a landmark judgement that says employees on predictable, regular shifts are not casual even when employers give them the designation.

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CFMMEU faces criminal charges for scaffolding, steelfixing cartel
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-16 3:27 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and its ACT branch secretary have been hit with criminal charges that they engaged in a cartel for steelfixing and scaffolding services.

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AFL, NRL clubs to fix refunds policies on merchandise after ACCC probe
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-16 11:56 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Top AFL and NRL clubs have agreed to change their refunds and returns policies on football and rugby merchandise after an investigation by the ACCC found they were in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.

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Inghams’ failures did not cause worker’s car park assault, court says
Agriculture 2018-08-15 11:43 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Chicken processor Inghams has won an appeal of a ruling that put it on the hook for the late-night assault of a shift worker in the car park of the company’s poultry plant in Murarrie, Queensland.

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CrownBet goes on the attack, says Sportsbet’s trade marks must be revoked
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2018-08-15 9:59 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

In an escalating battle between the online bookmakers, CrownBet has filed a cross claim in a consumer and trademark infringement lawsuit brought by Sportsbet that calls for the cancellation of its rival’s trade marks.

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LGL Commodities CFO can’t drag accountant into liquidator’s suit
Agriculture 2018-08-15 8:14 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The former chief financial officer of LGL Commodities has lost a bid to join the accountant for the collapsed grain trader as a co-defendant in a case brought against him and three other directors by the company’s liquidators.

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CFMMEU warned of deregistration risk for ‘aberrant’ conduct
Employment 2018-08-14 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The CFMMEU must force “systemic behavioural change” on its construction division, a majority Full Federal Court said Tuesday in upholding a fine of $306,000 for workplace breaches against the union and raising the spectre of deregistration.

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Pharmacist who sold fake Viagra can’t get licence back
Healthcare 2018-08-14 1:54 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A Sydney pharmacist who was stripped of his registration after selling counterfeit Viagra has lost an application to have his licence reinstated. 

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