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ACCC loses appeal in cartel case over coal mining licences
Appeals 2019-09-04 3:46 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has failed in its challenge to a ruling that dismissed its bid-rigging case over mining exploration licences involving Cascade Coal and the sons of jailed Labor politician Eddie Obeid.
CIMIC attacks ‘forests of contingencies’ in class action pleadings
Allens 2019-09-04 2:26 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
Engineering services firm CIMIC Group has attacked the pleadings in a shareholder class action against it, saying needlessly convoluted paragraphs containing a "numerically vast number of contingencies" should be struck out.
Glencore prevails in $92M court battle with ATO
Appeals 2019-09-03 10:58 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
Commodity trading and mining company Glencore has won a fight with the Australian Taxation Office over a $92 million tax bill related to copper purchased from a subsidiary operating the Cobar mine in NSW.
Sacked HWL Ebsworth special counsel loses ‘wholly unrealistic’ unlawful dismissal case
Employment 2019-09-03 10:24 pm By Amelia Birnie Sydney
A judge has thrown out an unlawful dismissal case brought by former HWL Ebsworth special counsel against the firm, describing his arguments as “trivial” and “wholly unrealistic”.
WorleyParsons denies bid to shut down class action will spark ‘brave new world’
Alexander Edwards 2019-09-03 9:32 pm By Amelia Birnie Sydney
Counsel for WorleyParsons has denied the engineering firm's attempt to end a shareholder class action mid-trial would be the start of a "brave new world" of no-case bids in representative proceedings, saying this was a rare instance of a case with "no chance of success".
Jardine Lloyd Thompson hit with second class action over excessive premiums
Class Actions 2019-09-03 9:13 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
Insurance broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson is facing a second class action on behalf of local councils claiming it charged inflated premiums.
Zoetis loses challenge over security for costs in horse vaccine class action
Appeals 2019-09-03 2:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne
The Full Federal Court has shot down a challenge to a ruling denying horse vaccine maker Zoetis' application for security for costs in an unfunded class action brought on behalf of horse owners alleging the company failed to warn about the potential side effects of the Hendra virus vaccine.
Radio Rentals, AIG to pay $29M to settle ‘Rent, Try, Buy’ class action
Class Actions 2019-09-03 10:43 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
Radio Rentals and its insurer, AIG, have reached a $29 million settlement in a consumer class action alleging the company pushed misleading 'Rent, Try, $1 Buy' leases onto vulnerable customers.
Lindsay Fox, Max Beck lose high-stakes valuation case over Essendon Airport
Ashurst 2019-09-02 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne
Billionaire Lindsay Fox and property magnate Max Beck have lost a dispute over the valuation of land at their jointly operated Essendon Airport, with a judge siding with the Federal Government's method that calculated the site's value at $349 million, not $7.1 million as claimed by their expert.
Radio Rentals, AIG ‘very close’ to settling consumer class action, court hears
Class Actions 2019-09-02 9:29 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney
A consumer class action against Radio Rentals over its 'Rent, Try, $1 Buy' scheme is "very close" to settling, a court heard Monday, with just a few more days required to negotiate a final agreement.