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Seven files ‘urgent’ lawsuit over Commonwealth Games software
Contracts 2022-07-15 10:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Broadcaster Seven has filed court proceedings against a production firm it partners with to broadcast the Olympic Games for allegedly refusing to hand over software it needs for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

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Investment manager for Kahlbetzer family sacked after pregnancy announcement: lawsuit
Contracts 2022-07-12 4:41 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

An investment consultant at Kahlbetzer family investment vehicle Twynam Investments has filed a lawsuit alleging she was sacked over the phone a month after telling the company she was planning for a baby.

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Photo of signed contract suffices, judge finds in $7M win for Japan’s Mitsui
Contracts 2022-07-04 2:09 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has found that a partly obscured photo showing a signature was enough to render a contract enforceable, in a multi-million dollar contract fight between Mitsui & Co and a Victorian steel mill operator.

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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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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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Nuix ex-CEO not entitled to ‘special treatment’, trial judge told
Contracts 2022-06-27 6:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The former boss of embattled tech company Nuix is asking for “special treatment” by arguing he is owed $183 million in options under a 2008 agreement, a judge has heard on the first day of trial in the ex-CEO’s case.

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Merricks Capital secures undertakings from defecting employees
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2022-06-24 6:30 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

Melbourne-based hard assets investment manager Merricks Capital has won undertakings from its ex-managing director and two former employees who defected to an investment boutique run by financial commentator Peter Switzer and his son Marty. 

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Hutchinson’s ‘monstrous’ claim survives in case over $153M Port Melbourne development
Construction 2022-06-22 10:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Construction giant Hutchinson has succeeded in bringing claims against a related entity of a Port Melbourne property developer over a $153 million project after alleging the developer was a “company of straw” that had no assets.

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Judge wants to wait on commission, costs in $20M BSA class action settlement
Allens 2022-06-22 12:46 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A judge who will oversee an upcoming hearing for approval of a $20 million settlement in a class action against Optus contractor BSA has urged the parties to sever the funder’s commission and costs from the settlement to avoid delays in distribution to group members.

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Waste tyre boss owes $2M for using Maersk to take out his trash, shipper alleges
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-06-08 9:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has struck out a defence invoking the right against self-incrimination in a $2 million case brought by freight company Maersk alleging a Melbourne waste tyre company director used the shipper to dump end-of-life tyres overseas. 

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