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Funder backing multiple cases against Deloitte can’t access docs in Noumi class action
Accounting 2022-07-25 11:35 pm By Sam Matthews

Deloitte has won its bid to keep confidential documents away from the funder backing a consolidated shareholder class against food company Noumi which alleges the auditor was complicit in misleading the market.

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Suncorp to pay $33M in super class action settlement
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2022-07-25 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

The settlement figure in a class action against a unit of Suncorp Group has been revealed as $33 million, and super members are set to share in the net sum of $14 million, or 42.5 per cent of the deal.

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Lane Cove tunnel operator can add claims to $300M case against builders
Allens 2022-07-25 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has granted a bid by the operator of Sydney’s billion-dollar Lane Cove tunnel to add a new claim in the five-year-old dispute alleging the concrete lining used in construction was defective.

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Penalty in ACCC case against Uber off by more than $20M, judge says
ACCC 2022-07-25 11:07 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has slammed a $26 million penalty agreed to by Uber and the ACCC as “not within the range”, saying the impact of the rideshare giant’s misleading conduct appeared to be “trivial”.

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Kmart settles Jellycat lawsuit over knockoff ‘Bashful Bunny’
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-07-25 2:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

Kmart Australia has resolved a case brought by UK-based Jellycat that accused the retailer of selling knockoffs of the plush toy designer’s signature ‘Bashful Bunny’.

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Receivers get court OK to sell Melissa Caddick’s Dover Heights mansion
ASIC 2022-07-25 1:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has allowed receivers to sell the Dover Heights mansion of Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick without any distribution of proceeds, saying the sale “should take place post-haste”.

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ASIC loses bid for early punishment against Select AFSL
Anthony Cheshire 2022-07-22 10:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has shot down ASIC’s bid for declarations against life insurer Select AFSL before a penalty hearing after finding that the insurer acted unconscionably when selling insurance over the phone.

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PwC partners knew of unlawful dividend payment to Cornerstone director, court told
Accounting 2022-07-22 9:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

PwC partners are facing “very serious” allegations that they had actual knowledge that a $30 million dividend payment to the director of now defunct tertiary education provider Cornerstone was unlawful.

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New competition class actions in the works against Apple, Google
Allens 2022-07-22 9:10 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Another law firm is planning competition class actions against Apple and Google over their app stores, just over a month after Phi Finney McDonald filed group proceedings against the tech giants, setting up a beauty parade that adds a wrinkle to similar cases brought by Epic Games.

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Pitcher Partners looks to shut down $128M Twigg family lawsuit
Accounting 2022-07-22 8:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Accounting firm Pitcher Partners wants to shut down a lawsuit brought by the Twigg family alleging it helped race car driver Max Twigg misappropriate $127.8 million in family trust money for himself.

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