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Ex-Bellamy’s director Jan Cameron sues to avoid tax on sale of 2.5M shares
ASIC 2022-05-11 5:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former Bellamy’s Australia director Jan Cameron has filed proceedings against the Australian Taxation Office to avoid paying capital gains tax on the sale of 2.5 million shares in the organic baby food company 2018.

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Gina Rinehart’s daughter wins appeal over $4B family trust documents
Appeals 2022-05-11 1:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The NSW Court of Appeal has granted Bianca Rinehart’s bid for her billionaire mother Gina to hand over trust documents that could be used in a dispute over ownership of the $4 billion family trust. 

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High Court KOs Repipe’s fight over patents for computer-implemented tech
Angus Lang 2022-05-11 1:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has rejected plumbing company Repipe’s application to hear its case centred on the question of patent eligibility for computer-implemented inventions, saying the case was not an appropriate vehicle for special leave.

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Banksia class action lawyers’ conduct ‘shocking and unimaginable’, judge told
Brind Zichy-Woinarski 2022-05-10 11:14 pm By Christine Caulfield

The behaviour of the legal team running the Banksia Securities class action was “reprehensible” and the solicitor who allowed himself to be controlled by lawyer and funder Mark Elliott should be struck from the court’s roll of practitioners, a judge heard Tuesday.

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Eleven women to testify they were harassed by actor Craig McLachlan
ABC 2022-05-10 9:30 pm By Sam Matthews

Eleven women will give evidence of sexually inappropriate behaviour by actor Craig McLachlan in his defamation case against Rocky Horror Show co-star Christie Whelan Browne and publishers ABC and Fairfax, including one actress who worked with him on the set of Neighbours in the late 1980s. 

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Client sues Moray & Agnew over ‘unauthorised’ $3.3M transfer
Business of Law 2022-05-10 2:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Moray & Agnew is facing a lawsuit by a former client who says the firm breached its duties by making an unauthorised $3.3 million transfer while representing him on an investment in a Melbourne storage facility development.

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AMP denies acting unconscionably by charging dead customers for life insurance
AMP 2022-05-10 9:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

AMP has admitted two of its units charged customers fees for no service but denied it acted unconscionably in a case brought by the corporate regulator alleging it continued to charge advice fees and life insurance premiums to customers who had died. 

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Pfizer sues drug companies over Enbrel biosimilar
Ashurst 2022-05-10 11:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has fired off a lawsuit against four drug companies for allegedly infringing one of its patents for biologic Enbrel by selling a biosimilar of the blockbuster arthritis drug in Australia.

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ASIC says Australian Mines lied about funding for ‘critical’ $500M project
ASIC 2022-05-10 4:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The corporate regulator has taken Australian Mines to court after its managing director was allegedly caught lying at an investment conference about the value of an offtake agreement and funding for a project at its cobalt and nickel mine in Queensland.

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Virgin says top pilot was not sacked for complaining about bullying by CEO
Aviation 2022-05-10 3:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Virgin Australia has struck back at a lawsuit by its former chief pilot alleging the airline sacked him for complaining of bullying and harassment by its CEO, saying it terminated the pilot’s employment after he was deemed medically unfit for his role.

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