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A judge has cautioned senior barrister Sue Chrysanthou over her colourful description of a 60 Minutes episode at the heart of Euro Pacific Bank boss Peter Schiff’s defamation case against Nine, urging the silk to "be careful".
A former managing director of adtech company Amobee can proceed with a complaint of disability discrimination by association, after he was fired for failing to disclose a relationship with an employee who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after a sexual assault by a senior executive.
Bristol-Myers Squibb unit Celgene and two generic drug makers have withdrawn an application for ACCC approval of a patent settlement that would have allowed for an early launch of a generic version of blockbuster cancer drug Revlimid.
Bill Papas' business partner Vince Tesoriero has won the release of $1.25 million to pay for his legal fees in Westpac’s fraud case against him, despite a judge’s finding that disclosure concerning his true financial position was “less than ideal” and included “staggering” discrepancies.
Although the settlement sum has not been disclosed, court documents in the Opal Tower class action reveal the litigation funder backing the case will seek $13.2 million in commission when the parties appear before the court later this year.
Soldiers who took the stand for Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation case against Fairfax colluded on the evidence they gave of key events, counsel for Fairfax has told a judge as a long-running trial comes to a close.
Forum Finance director Vince Tesoriero has been caught out for failing to declare over $150,000 to the court, as he took the stand to defend evidence given about his financial position in Westpac’s fraud case against him.
A judge has ordered that a competition class action against Queensland power companies Stanwell and CS Energy be made open to all energy consumers in the state, saying it was not a “plain vanilla” commercial class action.
A judge has told Forum Finance director Vince Tesoriero to “revisit” evidence about his true financial position if he wants to win the release of $1.25 million to pay for his defence in Westpac’s fraud case against him, amid concerns about whether he has made full disclosure to the court.
The federal government said Friday it would consider the implications of an appeals court's finding that the managed investment scheme structure was unsuited to class actions, a ruling it said was a victory for ordinary Australians and a vindication for Labor.