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Funder wants $13.2M commission from confidential Opal Tower class action settlement
Alexander Barnett 2022-07-20 1:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

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.

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Epoch Capital accuses analyst of taking confidential info
Andre Zahra 2022-07-20 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Trading firm Epoch Capital has brought proceedings against a quantitative analyst who allegedly downloaded confidential information from the firm’s computers.

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Logistics company drivers are independent contractors, Federal Court finds
Christopher Murdoch 2022-07-20 3:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has found four drivers working with transport company Avert Logistics are independent contractors despite the business supplying vehicles for them.

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Ben Roberts-Smith witnesses had ‘powerful motive to lie’, Fairfax says
Arthur Moses 2022-07-19 8:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

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.

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Barrister cites finding that PwC used ‘postbox’ lawyer in Noumi class action privilege spat
Accounting 2022-07-19 4:18 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A fight over a global privilege claim by Noumi has been foreshadowed in a consolidated shareholder class action against the food company, formerly Freedom Foods.

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Forum Finance director failed to disclose $150,000 in assets to court
Allens 2022-07-19 5:40 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

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.

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Redbubble found liable again for infringing Hells Angels trade marks
Allens 2022-07-19 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

T-shirts and face masks sold on Redbubble violate Hells Angels’ trademarks, a judge has found, banning the online marketplace from further sales of infringing products and awarding damages to the motorcycle group.

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Izuzu targeted in class action investigation over allegedly defective utes
Automotive 2022-07-19 5:22 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The law firm whose probe into allegedly defective diesel particulate filters in Toyota cars has led to a verdict worth as much as $2 billion against the car maker has launched a class action investigation into diesel particulate filter issues with two models of Isuzu utes.

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Climate change class action urgent given ‘what is at stake’, judge says
Alicia Lyons 2022-07-19 1:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has put a climate change class action on behalf of Torres Strait Islanders on a tight timetable and committed herself to handing down judgment soon after trial, saying the case was one of “considerable urgency”.

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Nuix slams class action carriage agreement as ‘anti-competitive’
Banton Group 2022-07-18 4:18 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Shine and Phi Finney McDonald’s fallback plan to cooperatively run a class action against Nuix has come under fire, with the technology company urging the court to make the two firms compete against one another for sole carriage.

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