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Insurer denies policy covered ‘excessive’ $3.7M Moray & Agnew settlement
Chief Justice James Allsop 2022-03-11 1:32 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Lloyd’s syndicate has hit back at a lawsuit by Moray & Agnew, saying it did not have to cover part of a $3.7 million settlement between the law firm and a Melbourne property developer because the amount agreed to was “excessive”.

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IAG says underwriter had no authority to issue Greensill Bank trade credit policy
Chief Justice James Allsop 2022-02-21 5:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Insurance Australia Group has denied it owes Greensill Bank $48.5 million under a trade credit policy issued by its agent BCC, saying the underwriter was not authorised to enter into the policy.

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Music festival organiser appeals ruling denying coverage for $3.2M COVID-related cancellation
Appeals 2022-02-17 5:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The organiser of the Big Red Bash outback music festival has appealed a judgment denying it coverage for $3.2 million cancellation of the festival during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic

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ACCC faces tough questions in appeal of NSW Ports competition case
ACCC 2022-02-17 2:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

An appeals court grilled counsel for the ACCC on the first day of a hearing challenging the dismissal of its case over a NSW government deal to privatise two ports, calling on the lawyer to spell out how the state was alleged to be in competition with the consortium that took over the ports.

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Class action waiver in Ruby Princess cruise T&Cs not unfair, court told
Amy Reid 2022-02-14 9:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action waiver in the terms and conditions of tickets purchased by US passengers embarking on the fateful Ruby Princess cruise at the height of the first COVID-19 wave was neither unfair nor onerous, an appeals court has heard.

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Top judge warns against making a villain of class actions
Chief Justice James Allsop 2022-02-09 10:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

As parliament weighs the latest Morrison government crackdown on class actions, the Federal Court’s chief judge has warned of “an ever present danger” of maligning the regime.

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Full Court says Facebook can be sued in Australia over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Appeals 2022-02-07 11:30 pm By Sam Matthews

The Full Federal Court has held Facebook can be sued in Australia for allegedly disclosing the personal data of over 300,000 users to political research firm Cambridge Analytica.

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Shell wins more in ATO appeal over $2.3B gas exploration deduction
Alain Musikanth 2022-01-27 6:00 pm By Bianca Hrovat

An appeals court has unanimously rejected the Commissioner of Taxation’s latest bid to block Shell’s $2.3 billion tax deduction for the cost of exploration activities conducted as part of the Browse LNG project off the coast of Western Australia.

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Djokovic’s possible antivax influence ‘not fanciful’, Full Court says
Australian Government Solicitor 2022-01-20 4:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

The influence of an unvaccinated “iconic world tennis star” on the young and impressionable was not fanciful, the Full Federal Court has said in reasons for throwing out Novak Djokovic’s challenge to his deportation from Australia.

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Insurers win $3.2M lawsuit over COVID-related cancellation of Big Red Bash festival
Chief Justice James Allsop 2022-01-19 9:29 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Insurers have triumphed in a lawsuit over coverage for the $3.2 million cancellation of the Big Red Bash outback music festival during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, with a judge finding a communicable disease exclusion in the organiser’s event cancellation policy was engaged.

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