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Plutus conspirator had ‘high level’ role in $105M tax fraud, court told
City Legal 2019-08-27 1:15 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A former senior manager of Plutus Payroll played a “high level” role in a complex scheme that defrauded the Australian Taxation Office to the tune of $105 million, a court has heard, in a case involving one of the biggest revenue losses ever prosecuted.

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Court’s ‘auction’ approach in GetSwift slammed in bid to revive AMP class action
Adam Hochroth 2019-08-26 9:44 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The barrister leading an appeal seeking to revive Quinn Emanuel’s fees for no service class action against AMP has criticised the approach taken in the landmark GetSwift ruling on competing class actions, saying it placed the court in the role of auctioneer and actually encouraged duplicative proceedings.

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Full Court tosses Bellamy’s class action cost-capping appeal
Appeals 2019-08-26 9:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Bellamy’s has lost its appeals court battle to limit the costs incurred by lawyers jointly running two shareholder class actions against the baby food maker.

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Facebook, Instagram were entitled to block Aussie startup’s access, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-08-26 3:33 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Facebook and Instagram have denied allegations they breached Australia’s competition law when they terminated the accounts of a Melbourne-based startup, saying they were entitled to block the company from their platforms.

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Clive Palmer can’t shut down Queensland Nickel liquidation trial
Energy & Natural Resources 2019-08-23 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Businessman Clive Palmer has lost an application to put a stop to a trial in a case brought by the liquidators of collapsed Queensland Nickel after arguing the proceeding was continuing largely to pay the litigation funder bankrolling the case.

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Norwegian shipping company hit with criminal cartel charge
Clayton Utz 2019-08-23 9:20 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Norway-based shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean AS has become the third international shipper to be charged with price fixing in Australia, just three weeks after Japan’s K-Line was hit with a record $34.5 million fine over the same alleged cartel.

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Security ordered in light rail class action amid $2.26M Lander & Rogers discovery bill
Adam Hochroth 2019-08-23 4:56 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The NSW Supreme Court has ordered the lead plaintiff in a class action over the Sydney light rail construction project to pay $1.25 million in security for costs to Transport for NSW ahead of discovery, which is expected to cost $2.26 million.

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Law firm planning hundreds of pelvic mesh lawsuits against doctors
AJB Stevens 2019-08-23 2:30 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Sydney-based law firm has over 200 lawsuits in the pipeline against medical professionals across the country seeking compensation for injuries caused by allegedly dangerous pelvic mesh implants.

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Domino’s Pizza wants class action claims struck out, but judge not biting yet
Class Actions 2019-08-22 9:49 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Arguing the pleadings are “evasive or ambiguous”, Domino’s Pizza has made a bid to strike out the statement of claim filed in a class action alleging franchisees underpaid thousands of workers across Australia for five years.

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Quintis founder seeks transcripts of ASIC interviews
Agriculture 2019-08-22 8:58 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Six individuals interviewed by ASIC in relation to the collapse of sandalwood producer Quintis have sought leave to intervene in the regulator’s case against the company’s founder, Frank Wilson, after he sought discovery from ASIC of interview transcripts.

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