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Stood-down Qantas workers lose second bid for sick leave
Appeals 2020-11-27 10:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

Qantas workers on stand-down orders during the coronavirus pandemic have lost an appeal to overturn a ruling that they are not entitled to access paid sick or compassionate leave.

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‘I’ve never seen such nonsense in an affidavit’: Judge flays lawyers in S&P class action
Banton Group 2020-11-27 1:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has lashed out at the legal team behind a class action against S&P over allegedly misleading credit ratings for filing hearsay evidence in support of an application to serve the ratings giant overseas, saying that “nobody who is a first year law student” would say the evidence was admissible.

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Funder of live export class action doesn’t need AFSL to sign up new group members
Agriculture 2020-11-12 3:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The group providing funding to claimants in a class action against the federal government over its 2011 ban on live cattle exports to Indonesia does not have to comply with new rules requiring litigation funders to obtain an AFSL and operate as a managed investment scheme in order to sign up new group members.

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Shareholder locked in feud with funder drops stay bid in S&P class action
Banton Group 2020-11-11 3:44 pm By Miklos Bolza

A contractual dispute between a litigation funder and the lead applicant in a class action against S&P will not prevent the class action from progressing, with both parties giving undertakings to preserve the status quo while the feud remains on foot.

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Litigation funder a ‘stranger’ in S&P class action, not entitled to docs, judge says
Banton Group 2020-10-16 12:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

The litigation funder embroiled in a contractual dispute with a lead applicant in a class action against S&P Global is a stranger to the proceeding and has no right to demand to be served an application to pause the case pending the outcome of the contract spat, a judge has said.

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S&P class action applicant wants to look at other applicant’s funding agreement
Banton Group 2020-10-13 3:27 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

One of the lead applicants in a class action against ratings giant S&P Global, which is involved in a dispute with the funder that’s backing the case, wants to look at the funding agreement signed by the class action’s other lead applicant.

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High Court won’t hear Rokt appeal on software patentability
Appeals 2020-10-08 9:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined to weigh in on the patentability of software, rejecting e-commerce company Rokt’s bid for review of a decision striking down its marketing invention.

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FWC ‘misconstrued’ general protections authority, Full Court says in win for Coles
Andrew Crowe 2020-09-14 6:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

A landmark judgment by the Full Federal Court has found that a full bench of the Fair Work Commission “misconstrued” its own authority to make general protections findings about the dismissal of employees.

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‘Vague and general’: Judge knocks cryptocurrency class action
Class Actions 2020-09-11 2:46 pm By Miklos Bolza

A  judge has slammed the pleadings in a $1 billion class action against Facebook and Google over cryptocurrency ad bans as “vague and general” and refused to let the matter progress until a better case is brought.

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New class action against S&P faces delay over investor feud with funder
Banton Group 2020-09-04 1:15 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A new class action against S&P Global is facing potential delays as the two lead applicants — one embroiled in a battle over its funding agreement — ready for a fight over when to serve the lawsuit on the global ratings agency.

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