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Geowash execs appeal loss in ACCC case
ACCC 2020-02-25 12:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

Two Geowash executives have appealed a ruling that found they were knowingly involved in the car wash franchisor’s unconscionable conduct in its dealings with franchisees.

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Ex-director can’t grill Corrs partner in $1M share dispute
Associate Justice Mary-Jane Ierodiaconou 2020-02-21 12:14 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A former managing director of Australian civil infrastructure contractor WBHO Infrastructure and his firm have lost their bid to cross-examine the company’s instructing solicitor at Corrs Chambers Westgarth as part of a $1 million share dispute that followed his termination.

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Judge allows docs despite ‘real risk’ of prosecution for ex-Directed Electronics manager
Andrew McRobert 2020-02-17 11:44 am By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A former manager of Australian electronics automotive developer Directed Electronics OE has failed to block access to certain documents in a corporate theft case, despite the Federal Court finding they gave rise to a “real and appreciable risk” of civil or criminal prosecution against him.

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Judge allows discovery for possible bushfire class action against Essential Energy
Class Actions 2020-02-14 10:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A law firm has won its case seeking preliminary discovery from Essential Energy to pursue a possible class action against the state-owned electricity infrastructure company over the 2018 Tathra bushfire in NSW.

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Ex-Atrum Coal boss ordered to repay $6M to Hong Kong finance group
Ashurst 2020-02-06 5:44 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A former director of Atrum Coal has been ordered to pay over $6 million owed to a unit of Hong Kong finance giant Argonaut Group after a prior default saw the former executive lose $12 million worth of shares in the company.

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Chinese investors can offload property, recoup losses from failed investment scheme
Christopher Freeman 2020-02-06 3:05 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Gold Coast development property procured through a settlement with a Sydney-based financial advisory firm facing two separate class actions can be sold to recoup losses by investors who sank over $14 million into a property investment scheme, a court has found.

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Hewlett-Packard could not cap commissions at ‘whim’, owes ex-sales rep $370,000, court says
Associate Justice Verity McWilliam 2020-02-04 7:02 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

IT giant Hewlett-Packard Australia has been ordered to pay over $370,000 in unpaid commissions to a former sales executive after a court found the company could not change its incentives “arbitrarily, capriciously or unreasonably”.

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Griffin Coal can’t get hands on docs in long-running spat with Carna Group
Bennett + Co 2020-01-17 2:27 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Struggling mining firm Griffin Coal has been denied access to documents while defending a consumer law case brought by the liquidators of a collapsed mining services firm.

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Class action appeals ruling allowing 7-Eleven to seek litigation releases
ANZ 2020-01-16 10:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

The lead applicant in a class action against 7-Eleven has appealed a ruling that denied its bid to block the convenience store chain from seeking litigation releases from franchisees upon renewal of their contracts.

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Australia Post must pay damages after firing manager in face of union threats
Allens 2020-01-16 4:55 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

A court has found Australia Post breached the employment contract of a compensation manager dismissed after “likely” threats by the CEPU resulted in the cancellation of a project targeting thousands of injured postal workers.

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