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‘I want complete transparency’: Forum Finance director faces grilling for legal funds
Allens 2022-07-01 1:28 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

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.

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Seven takes Cricket Australia to court to quash broadcast agreement
Albert Dinelli 2022-06-30 10:36 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Channel Seven has asked the Federal Court to terminate a Test cricket and Big Bash League broadcast agreement with Cricket Australia due to alleged contract breaches.

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Defendants rail against pleadings in 5-year-old Lane Cove Tunnel dispute
Allens 2022-06-30 9:37 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has indicated he will allow the operator of Sydney’s Lane Cove Tunnel to amend its pleadings in a lawsuit against Thiess, John Holland and CIMIC over alleged defects in the construction of the billion-dollar tunnel.

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Court finds sessional academic lecturer an employee, not a contractor
ATO 2022-06-30 5:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

In its first decision applying a landmark High Court judgment redefining the test for when a worker is employed, the Federal Court has found a sessional lecturer for a higher education institution was an employee.

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Funder sells stake in Commonwealth Bank class action for $7.5M
Class Actions 2022-06-30 4:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A litigation funder has reaped $7.5 million from the sale of a 20 per cent stake in a shareholder class action against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia over the bank’s allegedly lax money laundering compliance.

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Samsung Bioepis sues again to invalidate Humira biosimilar
Healthcare 2022-06-30 2:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Korean drug company Samsung Bioepis has filed a second lawsuit seeking to invalidate German drug company Fresenius Kadi’s patent for a biosimilar of blockbuster arthritis drug Humira.

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Class actions too complex to run without lawyers, judge says
Class Actions 2022-06-30 12:36 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has tossed a class action brought by a self-represented applicant against Wilson Security, saying class actions should not be run without lawyers.

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ASIC sues Mercer Financial over fees for no service conduct
ASIC 2022-06-30 12:10 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

ASIC has brought court proceedings against wealth manager Mercer Financial Advice, alleging the company charged fees for services it did not provide and made false and misleading representations to thousands of customers.

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Virgin ordered to hand over insurance details in shareholder class action
Class Actions 2022-06-29 11:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Virgin Australia has been ordered to disclose whether its insurer has agreed to indemnify it for any liability it may have in a shareholder class action over a prospectus for a $324 million capital raising just months before it filed for administration.

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Litigation funder wins transfer bid in fight with class action applicant
Associate Justice Ian Irving 2022-06-29 9:59 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

A litigation funder facing a lawsuit by the lead applicant in a settled class action it financed has won its bid to transfer the case to the Federal Court, where the class action was heard, after a judge said it was the “natural forum” for the dispute.

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