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High Court asked to hear dismissal case of TechnologyOne exec
Appeals 2021-09-06 12:58 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A former senior executive of TechnologyOne wants the High Court to take up his unfair dismissal case after the software company won its challenge to his $5.2 million win.

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Shareholders fail to prove loss from Babcock & Brown disclosure breaches
Appeals 2021-09-06 11:49 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Shareholders of the collapsed Babcock & Brown have failed in their challenge to a ruling tossing their cases for damages for disclosure breaches during the global financial crisis, with an appeals court finding the investors had not shown the breaches caused any loss.

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ASIC issues notices to Nuix as part of investigation
Andrew O'Brien 2021-09-02 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission issued notices Thursday to Nuix seeking documents in its investigation of the troubled tech company.

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BlueScope meeting with rival steel distributors ‘potentially illegal’, exec tells court
ACCC 2021-09-02 9:43 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

BlueScope Steel general manager Jason Ellis wanted no record kept of a meeting with four of the company’s competing steel distributors and warned his national sales manager to keep the talks under wraps, a court hearing the ACCC’s price-fixing case was told on Thursday.  

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Westpac settles case by senior exec who made whistleblower complaint to CEO
Employment 2021-09-02 3:41 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Westpac has reached a settlement in a case brought by a former longtime employee and whistleblower who claimed the banking giant dismissed her in retaliation for complaints about its compliance failings.

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CBA faces climate change action over oil and gas project finance
CBA 2021-09-01 10:18 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia faces shareholder action seeking records on its financing of gas and fossil fuel projects to ensure compliance with the bank’s environmental framework, the latest in the next frontier of litigation demanding climate change accountability.

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EY asks court to toss negligence case over Coca-Cola Amatil’s SPC sale
Accounting 2021-08-31 10:55 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Consulting giant EY wants a court to dismiss a case brought by a joint venture alleging negligence in due diligence reports of Coca-Cola Amatil’s $40 million sale of fruit processing business SPC.

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Jury trial bid rejected in Barilaro’s case against YouTube star Jordan Shanks
Ashurst 2021-08-31 9:51 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A judge has dismissed an application by YouTube comedian Jordan Shanks for a jury trial in a defamation case brought by NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro, citing the complexity of the case and the uncertainties of COVID-19.

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University of Sydney political lecturer wins appeal over swastika dismissal
Appeals 2021-08-31 5:29 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A former University of Sydney political economy lecturer who was fired for conduct that included showing students a slide of a Nazi swastika superimposed on the Israeli flag has won a challenge to a ruling tossing his unlawful termination case.

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Bill for AMA Group’s case against former CEO tops $730,000
Automotive 2021-08-30 10:46 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Car repair giant AMA Group has so far spent $737,000 in professional fees investigating whistleblower claims and taking former boss Andrew Hopkins to court for allegedly defrauding the company.

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