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Hillsong ordered to file overdue defence in whistleblower suit alleging financial misconduct
Clyde & Co. 2022-10-13 2:42 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A judge has ordered Hillsong to file its defence to a lawsuit alleging extensive financial misconduct by the megachurch, including that it funnelled donations through US bank accounts to skirt Australian charity regulations.

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Medibank the latest victim of cyberattack
Healthcare 2022-10-13 11:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Medibank has become the latest company to fall prey to a cyberattack, but the health insurer says so far there’s no indication customer data has been compromised.

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Scenic Tours hit with second class action over disrupted cruises
Class Actions 2022-10-13 9:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Scenic Tours has been hit with a second class action over a series of European cruises that went ahead in 2018 despite a record-breaking drought that saw river levels drop so low they became impassable.

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High Court dashes Kupang Resources’ bid to see ex-director’s tax docs
Australian Government Solicitor 2022-10-13 3:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

Mineral exploration company Kupang Resources has lost its battle for access to documents produced to the ATO by a former director accused of embezzling millions of dollars.

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High Court ends BHP’s campaign to exclude foreign investors from class action
Alistair Pound 2022-10-12 11:58 am By Christine Caulfield

BHP Group has lost its High Court battle to keep foreign investors from an Australian shareholder class action over the devastating collapse of a Brazilian dam.

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Ruby Princess COVID-19 outbreak ‘no accident’, class action trial hears
Amy Reid 2022-10-12 9:02 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess that left 28 people dead was “something that was very likely to happen” and the cruise should never have sailed, a court heard as a class action trial against Carnival PLC kicked off.

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Class action wants AMP, Clayton Utz emails over controversial fees for no service report
Anais d'Arville 2022-10-12 2:57 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A class action over AMP’s fees for no service practice wants communications with law firm Clayton Utz that led up to a report that allegedly went through 25 rounds of edits with the wealth manager’s inhouse lawyers before being presented to the corporate regulator as independent.

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Paltry pay day for IPO Wealth investors as $5.6M class action settlement approved
Class Actions 2022-10-12 11:06 am By Sam Matthews

Investors in Mayfair Group’s collapsed IPO Wealth Fund have clawed back only a fraction of their alleged $67 million losses after a judge approved a settlement in a class action alleging the fund’s trustee misled unit holders.

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‘Utterly hopeless’: Ex-commando pans ABC’s truth defence to war crimes coverage
ABC 2022-10-12 3:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A former special forces commander who has sued the Australian Broadcasting Corporation over stories that allegedly imply he committed war crimes in Afghanistan is seeking to throw out the broadcaster’s truth defence, a court has heard.

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Mayfair’s James Mawhinney wants High Court to shut down ASIC case
Appeals 2022-10-12 9:43 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The founder of beleaguered investment group Mayfair 101, James Mawhinney, has asked the High Court to overturn his own successful Full Court appeal of a decision that saw him banned from soliciting funds or promoting any financial product for 20 years.

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