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Arrium class action seeks unredacted KPMG audit file
Ashurst 2021-12-14 6:16 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Shareholders in a class action against failed steel giant Arrium and KPMG are seeking an unredacted version of an audit file by KPMG to probe the accounting giant’s handling of the steel producer’s financial statements before its collapse in April 2016.

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Gilbert + Tobin partner to become first woman to hold ACCC’s top post
ACCC 2021-12-14 1:45 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

Gilbert + Tobin senior partner Gina Cass-Gottlieb has been nominated to become the first female chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

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Mayfair’s James Mawhinney can’t escape further grilling by liquidators
Associate Justice Patricia Matthews 2021-12-14 6:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The liquidators of Mayfair’s failed IPO Wealth Holdings have won their bid to question the fund’s former director, James Mawhinney, for the eighth time over assets that could provide “significant potential recoveries” for shareholders.

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Judge steps down from ‘Love Is In The Air’ copyright case
Banki Haddock Fiora 2021-12-14 2:19 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has recused himself from hearing a dispute over the alleged infringement of the copyright for the disco classic ‘Love Is In the Air’ on the eve of a damages hearing.

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Nine hit with discrimination class action over $30M Palm Island settlement coverage
Class Actions 2021-12-13 4:46 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Nine Network has been hit with a class action by Indigenous Australians who say the broadcaster’s coverage of a $30 million class action settlement being “rorted” by Palm Islanders was discriminatory and inaccurate.

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Class action against Zurich over faulty apartments gets go-ahead
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-12-13 5:20 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A class action against Irish insurer Zurich Insurance Plc by unit owners of the defective New Zealand-based Victopia Apartments can proceed in Australia after the NSW Supreme Court ruled the case could not be filed elsewhere.

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Hungry Jacks in a pickle over weigh-in of McDonald’s Big Mac
Addisons 2021-12-13 6:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Burger giant Hungry Jack’s has lost its bid to have McDonald’s hand over test results showing the “pre-cooked” weight of its Big Mac beef patties, with a judge finding they were not relevant to whether the rival’s Big Jack burger had 25 per cent “more Aussie beef”.

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Commonwealth to pay $2M to remote Indigenous community in ‘remarkable’ class action settlement
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-12-13 3:34 pm By Bianca Hrovat Sydney

The federal government will pay $2 million to settle a human rights class action brought by Indigenous Australians from the Ngaanyatjarraku community in Western Australia over allegedly discriminatory requirements for access to social security benefits.

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UniLodge targeted in underpayments class action investigation
Adero Law 2021-12-13 7:35 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

Unilodge Australia faces a potential class action alleging the student housing agency shortchanged staff by paying them under the wrong award.

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$3.4M lawsuit filed over Melbourne’s North East Link Project
Construction 2021-12-13 9:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Construction company Delcon Civil is facing a lawsuit by a subcontractor seeking over $3.4 million in damages for alleged breach of contract relating to work on the North East Link project.

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