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‘Concerned’ judge wants answers from AMP on remediation program
AMP 2022-08-19 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has raised concerns that AMP Financial Planning has not compensated customers for allegedly failing to prevent life insurance churning, directing the firm to explain the “vanishingly small” number of people who have been remediated.

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Over ‘intransigent’ ACCC, judge says Retail Food Group case can be decided with store sample
ACCC 2022-08-19 11:20 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has ordered that the ACCC’s case alleging Retail Food Group misled franchisees be run on a sample basis, saying the regulator’s opposition to the idea “smacks of a lack of confidence in its own case.”

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Telstra not liable for ‘sickening’ sexual harassment by employee who stole confidential info
David Pritchard 2022-08-19 3:28 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has found that Telstra cannot be held liable for the sexually harassing conduct of a former employee who allegedly accessed confidential contact information to launch a four-year campaign of harassment against his next-door neighbours.

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Redbubble files appeal in long-running Hells Angels trade mark stoush
Allens 2022-08-19 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Redbubble is challenging a judgment that found T-shirts and face masks sold on its platform violated Hells Angels’ trademarks and awarded damages to the motorcycle group.

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Court’s readiness to hold remote hearings ‘has come to an end’, judge says
Business of Law 2022-08-18 4:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge who has granted a lawyer leave to appear in proceedings via audio visual link has warned the legal profession that courts are expecting to “return to normal” and that tolerance for remote hearings has “come to an end”.

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Ford class action judge says $100,000 appeal notice to group members pointless
Allens 2022-08-18 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Despite noting that a class action trial and appeal were “unusual”, a judge overseeing a long-running class action against Ford has refused an application to send a notice to group members about a coming appeal in the case.

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Sacked sports journalist loses appeal over coverage of ‘vivid and disgusting’ comments
Acting Justice Carolyn Simpson 2022-08-18 11:24 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Former Channel 7 rugby league journalist Josh Massoud has lost an appeal of a decision clearing multiple media outlets of defamation over reports alleging he threatened to kill and defile the corpse of a young reporter.

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Ex-Orix boss appeals ruling allowing fleet company set-off defence
Alice Zheng 2022-08-18 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

The sacked boss of fleet management Orix Australia, who is seeking $1 million in unpaid leave, wants to challenge a decision allowing the company’s defence that anything it owes is set off by the losses the former CEO allegedly caused.

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Swing and whiff: Palmer Leisure can’t dodge lawsuit over political donation
Alexander Law 2022-08-18 11:47 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has rejected a bid by Clive Palmer-owned Palmer Leisure Australia to throw out legal action by the Electoral Commission of Queensland over donations the golf course management company made to Palmer’s United Australia Party in 2020.

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In defamation victory, High Court finds Google not a publisher
Bret Walker 2022-08-17 3:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Google has won its appeal of a judgment awarded to gangland lawyer George Defteros that found the tech giant liable for linking to an allegedly defamatory article, with the High Court finding Google was not the publisher of the story.

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