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Appeals court revives $20M tip fire class action against NSW council
Acting Justice Ronald Sackville 2019-04-23 3:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

An appeals court has revived a class action against a NSW council over loss and damage resulting from a 2009 tip rubbish fire, and awarded the lead applicant over $100,000 in damages.

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Ticket reseller Viagogo duped customers, court finds
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-18 1:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Ticket reseller Viagogo will face penalties after the court found it duped customers into thinking it was an official ticket vendor and failed to disclose booking fees of around 28 per cent, causing some customers to pay hundreds of dollars more than what their tickets were actually worth.

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Zoetis appeals security of costs ruling in horse vaccine class action
Class Actions 2019-04-18 1:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Horse vaccine maker Zoetis has appealed a ruling that denied its request for $450,000 as security for costs in an unfunded class action accusing it of failing to warn about the vaccine’s side effects.

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High Court refuses special leave to losing GetSwift class action
Appeals 2019-04-18 10:48 am By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The battle over competing shareholder class actions against logistics tech company GetSwift is over, with the High Court rejecting a bid by one of the losing class action applicants to take another look at their case.

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Mattel settles patent infringement case over Mecard transformable toys
Consumer Goods 2019-04-17 8:58 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

US-toy giant Mattel has reached a settlement in a Federal Court case alleging its Mecard toys infringed on a patent for a toy transformation mechanism owned by Canadian toy company Spin Master.

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Engineering firm acquired by WorleyParsons sued over $132M arbitration award
Arbitration 2019-04-17 3:47 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The operator of a Vietnamese mine has filed a lawsuit seeking to enforce a $132 million arbitration judgment against  engineering company Jacobs E&C, which was acquired by WorleyParsons in December.

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Ex-Aussie Home Loan boss can’t escape $1M ruling that he duped Adcock Private Equity
Article 2019-04-17 2:45 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Former Aussie Home Loans boss Stephen Porges has lost an appeal of a judgment ordering him to pay more than $1 million to a private equity firm that was found to have been duped into buying his worthless shares in a beleaguered startup.

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Midland Metals loses challenge to ‘deceptive’ letters by cable makers group
Acting Justice Ronald Sackville 2019-04-17 2:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Singapore-based cable manufacturer Midland Metals has lost its appeal of a  judgment that found the Australian Cablemakers Association did not violate the consumer laws when it sent letters to several Ministers complaining that an electrical cable supplied by Midland was unsafe.

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James Cook University unlawfully sacked controversial climate change professor, court finds
Clayton Utz 2019-04-16 9:23 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

James Cook University unlawfully dismissed a professor who spoke out against the school and one of its scientists over its climate change views, a judge found Tuesday.

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Aussie social media startup wins injunction against Facebook, Instagram in misuse of market power case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-04-15 11:13 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

An Australian marketing company that allows clients to schedule socal media posts has won a temporary court injunction against Facebook and Instagram in a lawsuit alleging a decision to block the startup from their platforms is a misuse of market power.

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