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Wealth guru Dominique Grubisa can’t get more detail about ACCC’s case
ACCC 2023-08-22 1:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Dominique Grubisa has come up short in her bid to have the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission file formal pleadings in its case alleging she misled students enrolled in her real estate investing and wealth management courses.

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AMP to pay $110M to settle shareholder class action
AMP 2023-08-21 11:30 am By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A shareholder class action that was filed in the wake of the banking royal commission over AMP’s fees-for-no-service practices has settled for $110 million. 

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Class action says Qantas got ‘$1B in interest free loans’ from COVID-19 cancellations
Aviation 2023-08-21 12:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Qantas faces a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers who allegedly never received refunds after flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Barrister can’t escape fee agreement’s fine print, High Court told
Business of Law 2023-08-21 11:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

A barrister can’t sidestep a clause in a costs agreement with a solicitor that limited when counsel fees are payable by breaching his disclosure obligations and nullifying the agreement, the High Court has been told.

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Multiplex sues Star-owned consortium over $2.6B Queen’s Wharf construction
Construction 2023-08-21 3:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A Star Entertainment joint venture has been hit with a lawsuit by the Queensland arm of Multiplex Constructions over alleged costs overruns in the construction for a multi-billion-dollar resort in Brisbane. 

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Blog posts about drag queen story hour not vilification, tribunal says
Anthony Morris 2023-08-21 11:22 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The QCAT has cleared conservative activist Lyle Shelton of vilification in relation to negative online posts he made about a drag queen story hour at a Brisbane library.

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Woodside faces legal challenge to Scarborough gas project
Construction 2023-08-21 12:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh Melbourne

A traditional custodian has taken Woodside Energy to court in a bid to halt offshore seismic blasting for its Scarborough gas project, in a legal challenge similar to one that put Santos’ $4.7 billion Barossa project on ice.

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Pinsent Masons nabs PwC partner for property team
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-08-21 11:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

Pinsent Masons has recruited an energy specialist from the embattled PricewaterhouseCoopers to grow its property team in Australia.

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ASIC suffers significant loss in ‘illegal phoenix’ case against liquidator
Andrew O'Brien 2023-08-18 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate regulator has failed in its case targeting an individual insolvency practitioner for alleged illegal phoenix activity.

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Mercer set to admit liability in ASIC’s first greenwashing case
ASIC 2023-08-18 9:13 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Mercer Superannuation is likely to admit liability in the corporate regulator’s maiden greenwashing case, a court has heard.

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