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Charges laid against Brisbane lawyer over $4.5M money laundering scheme
Queensland 2022-10-25 4:00 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A prominent criminal lawyer has been charged with supplying millions of dollars in criminal proceeds as part of a $4.5 million money laundering scheme.

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Kanye West takes beef with Melbourne restaurant to court
Entertainment 2022-10-24 9:05 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Melbourne restaurant College Dropout Burgers has been hit with a lawsuit by Kanye West for allegedly using the controversial rapper’s name and likeness without permission.

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Class action against NAB over Walton collapse can’t add insolvent trading claim
Allens 2022-10-24 12:18 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has rejected a bid to add an insolvent trading claim to a $78 million class action over the collapse of Walton Construction, citing “extraordinary” delays in the three-year-old case.

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Law firm can’t amend defence in negligence case by teacher wrongly jailed for abuse
Colin Biggers & Paisley 2022-10-24 4:29 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A law firm, who along with Piper Alderman and one other firm, is being sued for negligence by a schoolteacher wrongly jailed for the indecent assault of two children has lost a bit to amend its defence at the commencement of the trial.

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Judge doubts Lachlan Murdoch’s claim that media ‘sold a pup’ with defamation reforms
Clarissa Amato 2022-10-21 3:22 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has rejected Lachlan Murdoch’s claim that the media has been ‘sold a pup’ with a new public interest defence that Crikey’s publisher has deployed in the Fox News CEO’s defamation suit over an article about the January 6 attack on the US Capital.

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AMP wins dispute with insurer Willis over Sydney lease
Andrew Byrne 2022-10-20 4:43 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

AMP Capital Investors has won a property spat with insurance broker Willis Australia, which a judge found was not entitled to withdraw a notice to take a lease of office space at Angel Place on Pitt Street in Sydney’s CBD.

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Bingo Industries’ former CEO pleads guilty to price fixing
ACCC 2022-10-20 11:31 am By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The former managing director and CEO of Bingo Industries has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the waste company in fixing prices for demolition waste services in Sydney.

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Thomson Geer lures partner for construction team
Business of Law 2022-10-20 4:01 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Thomson Geer has snagged a construction disputes specialist from Clayton Utz to bolster its growing construction team in Sydney.

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Law firm gets $14.5M in fees, after judge trashes ‘distorted’ referee’s report in Woolworths class action
Class Actions 2022-10-19 3:39 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The law firm that secured a $44.5 million settlement in a class action against Woolworths has won its full $14.5 million in costs, with a judge tossing the report of the referee he appointed to examine the fees, which he said appeared double what they should be.

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Pauline Hanson slapped with $250,000 defamation judgment
Bruce McClintock 2022-10-19 3:58 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been ordered to pay former colleague Brian Burston $250,000 for “seriously damaging” and malicious comments made in a Today Show interview.

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