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Culture Kings steps out of the ring, resolves Mike Tyson suit over ‘misleading’ T-shirts
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-07-29 1:42 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

Streetwear retailer Culture Kings has resolved a lawsuit brought by former world boxing champion Mike Tyson alleging the company misled consumers by using his image on its T-shirts.

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Complaints against Christian Porter’s lawyers filed with legal watchdog
Company Giles 2021-07-28 11:55 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A friend of Christian Porter’s accuser has lodged complaints with the NSW legal watchdog against silk Sue Chrysanthou and Porter’s solicitor, Rebekah Giles, for their conduct in representing the former Attorney-General in his defamation case against the ABC. 

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Forum founder Bill Papas ‘needs money’ to return to Australia, lawyer tells court
Allens 2021-07-28 10:22 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Forum Group director Bill Papas intends to return to Australia to face $400 million fraud allegations but doesn’t have the funds for a flight home, his lawyer told the Federal Court Wednesday.

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Judge urged to shut down ‘pseudo’ class action over climate change disclosures
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-07-28 10:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A green activist who filed a group proceeding alleging the government failed to disclose the impacts of climate change to investors in sovereign bonds does not have a common interest with group members and should have her lawsuit declassed, a court has heard.

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SA Coroner gets access to confidential ABC defence docs in Porter case
Bret Walker 2021-07-28 5:50 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Confidential portions of the ABC’s defence in the former Attorney-General Christian Porter’s defamation case can be disclosed to the South Australian State Coroner as part of his investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Porter’s alleged rape victim.

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Nine witness accused of lying for compensation in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial
Anna Mitchelmore 2021-07-28 2:05 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A witness for two Nine-owned newspapers sued by Ben Roberts-Smith has been accused of fabricating a story that the war veteran kicked his step-uncle off a cliff before ordering him to be shot to gain compensation from the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission.

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‘I didn’t come down in the last shower’: Judge criticises running of two S&P cases
Banton Group 2021-07-28 1:53 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A judge has grudgingly agreed to allow a law firm to run an investor’s case against S&P Global over ratings on toxic financial products separately from a class action that makes the same claims, but was warned of the “costs consequences” of the parallel proceedings.

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NT to pay $35M to settle youth detention class action
Chief Justice Debra Mortimer 2021-07-28 10:09 am By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The government of the Northern Territory will pay $35 million to settle a class action on behalf of 1,200 young people who allegedly suffered human rights abuses while they were in detention, including excessive force, handcuffing, strip searching and isolation in cells.

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Foreign troops were ‘infidels’, Afghan witness tells court in Ben-Roberts Smith defamation trial
Anna Mitchelmore 2021-07-27 7:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Australian soldiers who raided a village in Afghanistan were “infidels” and the people they killed were “martyrs”, an Afghan villager related to a man allegedly murdered by veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has told a court.

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ACCC appeals ruling throwing out ‘fanciful’ NSW Ports competition case
ACCC 2021-07-27 7:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has appealed a judge’s decision throwing out its competition case over an agreement for the privatisation of two NSW ports, calling the case “a matter of significance for the Australian economy”.

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