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Car repair group AMA agrees to early mediation with former CEO Andrew Hopkins
Automotive 2021-06-15 3:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMA Group has told a court it will enter early mediation in its lawsuit against former CEO Andrew Hopkins that alleges he owes $2.4 million in unauthorised expenses and repayments on an outstanding loan.

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Westpac attacks ASIC ‘junk’ insurance case, says customers agreed to take out cover
Allens 2021-06-10 12:26 pm By Miklos Bolza

Westpac has shot back at a lawsuit brought by ASIC over the selling of alleged poor value insurance products, with the bank saying its customers had agreed to take out the “optional” coverage.

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Government defeats challenge to COVID-19 ban on overseas travel
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-06-01 2:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has thrown out a legal challenge to the Morrison government’s ban on Australians travelling overseas during COVID-19, saying that Parliament had intended to permit the government to take such “harsh” measures that may “intrude on individual rights” in an emergency.

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Clive Palmer not gonna take it: Appeal filed in Twisted Sister copyright case
Alexander Law 2021-05-31 1:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

Billionaire Clive Palmer is challenging a ruling that he pay $1.5 million in damages to Universal Music for violating the copyright on Twisted Sister’s ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ in a tune for his political ads, saying he should pay only $1 in nominal damages.

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Appeal fails in case accusing pharma CEO of assaulting staff with syringe
Agriculture 2021-05-12 4:30 pm By Miklos Bolza

A former CEO of a global pharmaceutical company has lost his appeal of a ruling throwing out a lawsuit he brought against his former employer after he was terminated in the wake of accusations that he harassed staff and using a syringe to stab multiple employees.

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Lawyer must pay costs for appeal that should never have been filed, Full Court says
Andrew Pollock 2021-05-11 2:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

An employment solicitor representing a sacked Jetstar pilot must pay the airline’s legal costs in defending an appeal application “that ought never to have been made”, an appeals court has found.

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Car repair company AMA drags former CEO to court over $2.4M in expenses
Automotive 2021-05-06 10:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

AMA Group is suing former CEO Andrew Hopkins for $2.4 million he allegedly owes in unauthorised expenses and repayments on an outstanding loan

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Clive Palmer hit with $1.5M in damages for ‘contemptuous’ infringment of Twisted Sister anthem
Alexander Law 2021-04-30 10:23 am By Miklos Bolza

A judge has ordered mining magnate Clive Palmer to pay damages of $1.5 million to Universal Music for his “contemptuous” behaviour in infringing “substantial parts” of Twisted Sister’s 1985 heavy metal hit ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ in advertisements for his political party.

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Qantas can’t sack long haul pilot that reached mandatory retirement age
Andrew Gotting 2021-04-26 12:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has temporarily barred Qantas from moving forward with its plans to terminate a long haul pilot who reached the mandatory retirement age of 65, saying the pilot had established that he may have an age discrimination claim against the airline.

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Johnson & Johnson asks High Court to review landmark pelvic mesh ruling
Andrew Naylor 2021-04-09 2:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Johnson & Johnson unit wants the High Court to review the Full Federal Court’s rejection of its challenge to a landmark class action ruling that found the company’s pelvic mesh implants were defective and that it failed to adequately warn about their risks.

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