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Sydney University ordered to reinstate lecturer sacked over swastika slide
Appeals 2023-05-29 3:13 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The University of Sydney has been ordered to reinstate a lecturer the court found was unlawfully dismissed over a slide of a Nazi swastika superimposed on the Israeli flag, but the order is stayed pending the school’s appeal.

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Case against Melco Resorts over Bergin inquiry costs raises novel question
Ashurst 2023-05-26 11:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A court will be asked to decide whether the secrecy provisions of NSW gaming legislation prohibits the state’s casino regulator from using material produced to the Bergin Inquiry in its case against Hong Kong-based Melco Resorts seeking to recover the expense of running the Bergin Inquiry.

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Concert promoter’s case against TEG over One Direction tour goes south
Catherine Gleeson 2023-05-26 4:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Concert promoter Mark Filby has lost his case against former Nine unit TEG Live, alleging that it nabbed his idea when it partnered with Coles to promote a 2013 Australian tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction. 

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Docs produced in arbitration can be used in Rinehart family court battle
Adam Hochroth 2023-05-26 2:56 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has allowed two of Gina Rinehart’s children to use documents produced in private arbitration for their defence in court proceedings over ownership of a valuable mining tenement.

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Law firm loses appeal in pay feud with high fee earner
Appeals 2023-05-26 11:09 am By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A Melbourne law firm has lost its appeal of a $184,000 judgment in favour of a former junior lawyer who earned hundreds of thousands of dollars per year under a lucrative pay structure.

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Peter V’landys’ appeal flops in defamation case over ABC racehorse cruelty report
Anais d'Arville 2023-05-26 10:54 am By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Racing NSW CEO Peter V’landys AM has failed to revive his defamation case against the ABC over a 7:30 segment that revealed racehorses were being killed in violation of industry rules, despite the appeals court noting that the report “treated him very shabbily” and “was not high quality journalism.”

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Judgment day looms in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case
Arthur Moses 2023-05-25 9:53 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The judge overseeing defamation cases brought by accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith will deliver his long-awaited findings next week, ruling on whether allegations of civilian murder in Afghanistan against the country’s most decorated living soldier are substantially true.

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Spain to revive immunity claims in latest suits to enforce $166.7M arbitration awards
Appeals 2023-05-25 3:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Spain has foreshadowed a fresh High Court challenge claiming it is immune from proceedings brought by a renewable energy company and a Deutsche Bank subsidiary to enforce arbitration awards totalling $166.7 million related to changes to its renewable energy policies.

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‘Some measure of justice’: $50M Stolen Generation settlement shows benefits of class actions, judge says
Alexander Edwards 2023-05-25 2:53 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge overseeing a class action by family members and deceased estates of the Northern Territory Stolen Generations, which settled for $50.45 million, has said the case was a “positive example” of representative actions.

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Online traders win discovery in class action over risky CFDs
Alicia Lyons 2023-05-24 5:16 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Online trading company CMC Markets has succeeded in accessing advice given to class action members who are seeking to recover 10 years’ worth of “significant” losses incurred while trading risky financial products on its mobile and web-based platforms.

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