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Uber loses fight to protect advice by lawyers sought to ‘avoid being caught’
Amy Campbell 2022-10-28 1:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Uber has lost its challenge to a decision that found many of its email exchanges with lawyers were made in furtherance of offences at the centre of class action claims and were not protected by legal professional privilege.

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Judge wants delayed Sydney light rail class action finished by year’s end
Adam Hochroth 2022-10-24 1:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A class action trial over Sydney’s $3 billion light rail has been pushed off to next month after the applicant’s eleventh-hour amendments, but a judge has warned the parties they should wrap up the case by the end of the year..

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Judge who represented Sydney Trains won’t recuse herself from fight with union
Ashurst 2022-10-24 11:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has rejected a bid by the Australian rail union to recuse herself from hearing its case against Sydney Trains that seeks approval to deactivate Opal readers amid protracted industrial action, despite having represented the rail operator when she was a barrister last year. 

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Judge frowns on workers’ bid to shut down Opal in Sydney trains dispute
Ashurst 2022-10-21 4:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has raised concerns about a bid by the rail workers union for a judicial “green light” to deactivate ticket readers as part of a protracted industrial action in Sydney, saying the court should not be used as an “adviser”.

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Former SMEC employees charged over foreign bribery conspiracy
Transportation & Infrastructure 2022-10-11 2:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two former employees of the Snowy Mountain Engineering Corporation have appeared in court facing foreign corruption charges linked to Sri Lankan infrastructure projects worth $14 million.

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Law firm investigates class action over $16B WestConnex project
Class Actions 2022-09-26 7:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

The $16 billion WestConnex construction in Sydney that has allegedly damaged the properties of tens of thousands of home owners is the target of a new class action investigation.

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Court upholds $50M award for Siemens in spat over Qatar transport contract
Cimic 2022-09-07 11:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has upheld two arbitration awards worth $52 million for German industrial manufacturing giant Siemens against CIMIC-connected BIC Contracting LLC over a contract to build a “people mover system” in Qatar.

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Mystery funder in WestConnex class action can’t escape security for costs
Appeals 2022-08-10 1:13 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

An appeals court has rejected a bid to challenge a decision forcing an unnamed litigation funder to give $415,000 in security for the NSW government’s defence costs in a class action alleging the fraudulent acquisition of land for the construction of the $16 billion WestConnex tunnel.

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No secret lawyers brought on for privilege ‘shield’, says judge in Pacific National crash doc stoush
Australian Government Solicitor 2022-08-05 11:50 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has ordered Pacific National to hand over safety management system documents in a privilege fight over a deadly 2019 train crash, observing large organisations often bring on lawyers for a privilege “shield”.

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Penalty in ACCC case against Uber off by more than $20M, judge says
ACCC 2022-07-25 11:07 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has slammed a $26 million penalty agreed to by Uber and the ACCC as “not within the range”, saying the impact of the rideshare giant’s misleading conduct appeared to be “trivial”.

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