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AG John Quigley to return to witness box in Clive Palmer defamation trial
Barry Dean 2022-03-28 10:09 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Hoping to correct “mistakes” in his testimony in the trial of Clive Palmer’s defamation case, Western Australia Attorney-General John Quigley will get the chance to amend his evidence as a witness for state premier Mark McGowan next month.

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JD Group wins stay of damages for couple ‘misled’ over $10M luxury digs
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-03-28 5:55 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Damages owed to a millionaire couple by JD Group over a “deliberately misleading” rendering of a $9.58 million apartment in South Yarra, Melbourne will be put on ice pending the outcome of the property developer’s appeal.

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Novartis challenges loss of experts in spat with Pharmacor over generic Gilenya
Appeals 2022-03-28 3:25 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Novartis wants to appeal a ruling in its dispute with generic drug maker Pharmacor over patents for its multiple sclerosis drug Gilenya that tossed three of its four experts out of an upcoming so-called hot tub.

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WA Attorney General says he made ‘mistakes’ under oath in Clive Palmer trial
Article 2022-03-24 10:21 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

WA Attorney-General John Quigley wants a second go at his trial testimony in a defamation case brought by mining magnate Clive Palmer, admitting he made “mistakes” while giving evidence in the witness box.

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Law firm’s bill for distributing Robodebt class action settlement cut by $1M
Article 2022-03-24 1:01 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A judge has ordered that $1.27 million be set aside to cover the costs of the law firm administering the settlement in the class action over the federal government’s Robodebt scheme, cutting about $1 million from the figure sought.

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‘Everybody is incredulous’: Silk tells court of surprise at Norman O’Bryan’s fall from grace
Business of Law 2022-03-23 10:18 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Commenting on the unprecedented nature of the case against her client — the so-called postbox solicitor in the Banksia Securities class action — a senior barrister has told a court of her shock at the conduct of her former colleague at the bar, Norman O’Bryan, who acted as lead counsel in the scandal-ridden litigation.

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IAG appeals to High Court, says JobKeeper should offset any COVID-19 payouts
Coronavirus 2022-03-22 10:38 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

While mostly prevailing in test cases over coverage for COVID-19 business interruption claims, Insurance Australia Group has asked the High Court to weigh in on what it says is a “radical” approach by an appeals court in the treatment of JobKeeper payments.

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Greensill says insurer BCC liable for misleading statements if IAG right
Article 2022-03-22 3:01 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Insurance Australia Group agent Bond & Credit Company owes damages for misleading representations to Greensill Capital if the insurer was not authorised to enter into a trade credit policy at the centre of four lawsuits over the collapse of the financial services firm, a court has been told.

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Electronics giant Uniden faces court fight over design of latest radio
Angus Lang 2022-03-17 4:26 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Japan’s Uniden has been hit with an intellectual property lawsuit by Australia’s only CB radio manufacturer, which alleges the upcoming launch by the wireless communications giant of two new products amounts to infringement of its design patent.

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Judge to lawyers: I hate to break it to you, but I don’t want your emails
Alistair Pound 2022-03-15 2:13 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A judge overseeing a joint class action against Freedom Foods and Deloitte wants to break a bad habit among litigators of attaching to affidavits reams of correspondence between solicitors, and she has a message for legal practitioners — the court is not interested in what lawyers say to each other.

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