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Court throws out $106M judgment against Adani over Abbot Point fees
Andrew Stumer 2021-09-01 4:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

A subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Adani Group has successfully overturned a $106 million judgment against it over access charges for its Abbot Point coal terminal.

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Ex-Deutsche Bank exec looks to knock out cartel charges
ACCC 2021-09-01 11:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former Deutsche Bank executive named in a criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement says the charges against him are defective and should be quashed.

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PwC settles Zilzie Wines lawsuit over unsolicited R&D tax advice
Accounting 2021-09-01 5:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A settlement has been reached in a Murray Darling wine making family’s lawsuit accusing PricewaterhouseCoopers of providing bad unsolicited tax advice that caused them more than $200,000 in losses.

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ASIC to hand over examination transcript in Westpac insider trading case
Allens 2021-09-01 5:19 pm By Miklos Bolza

ASIC has agreed to provide Westpac with the transcript of a compulsory examination of one of its traders in court proceedings accusing the bank of insider trading in relation to the $16 billion privatisation of electricity provider Ausgrid.

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Takata airbags class action appeals court loss to Volkswagen
Appeals 2021-08-31 3:50 pm By Miklos Bolza

The applicant in a class action against Volkswagen over defective Takata airbags has appealed a ruling dismissing the case for failing to establish any loss or damage.

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Bluescope slams as ‘delusional’ ACCC evidence of cartel conduct
ACCC 2021-08-31 6:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

BlueScope has labelled “delusional” an argument by the competition regulator that alleged correspondence from a distributor about the steel company’s suggested higher prices was evidence of price-fixing.

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Judge wary of deciding ‘hypothetical’ loss question in Aveo class action
Adam Bell 2021-08-31 7:23 pm By Miklos Bolza

Retirement home provider Aveo Group, which is facing a class action by residents, wants a court to determine group members’ loss in a preliminary hearing, but a judge has questioned whether he is barred from deciding the “hypothetical” question.

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EY asks court to toss negligence case over Coca-Cola Amatil’s SPC sale
Accounting 2021-08-31 10:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

Consulting giant EY wants a court to dismiss a case brought by a joint venture alleging negligence in due diligence reports of Coca-Cola Amatil’s $40 million sale of fruit processing business SPC.

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Asian accents ‘light-hearted humour’, not racism, Erin Molan tells defamation trial
Bruce McClintock 2021-08-31 9:48 pm By Bianca Hrovat

Chanel 9 sports reporter Erin Molan told a judge the ever-changing goal posts of political correctness made it hard to know whether racially-charged jokes were acceptable radio fodder, but denied ever making racist jokes on air.

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Christian Porter wins bid to block media from using secret parts of ABC defence
ABC 2021-08-31 10:41 am By Cindy Cameronne

Liberal MP Christian Porter has won his bid to block Nine and News Corp from using secret portions of ABC’s defence to his defamation allegations that the media giants accessed as intervenors in the former Attorney-General’s case.

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