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Slater & Gordon faces court challenge to Allegro takeover by small biz
Business of Law 2023-06-29 9:44 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

A self-managed superannuation fund has taken Slater & Gordon to court to block the the acquisition of its shares in the firm as part of the plaintiff firm’s takeover by private equity firm Allegro Funds, saying the 55 cents per share price is not fair and reasonable.

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Peter van Onselen worried Ten would ‘hang him out to dry’ in sex discrimination suit, court told
Andrew Gotting 2023-06-29 9:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Ex-Network Ten political editor Peter van Onselen has told a judge he was worried when he signed a disputed non-disparagement agreement that the broadcaster would “hang him out to dry” in a sex discrimination lawsuit by a former reporter.

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Greensill UK wins halt to cross-claims in cases over $1.7B collapse
Clyde & Co. 2023-06-29 4:26 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Greensill Capital’s UK division has won a stay of several lawsuits over the supply chain financing firm’s $1.7 billion collapse, but an insurer has already flagged a bid to press on with its claims against the company.

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Medibank’s woes worsen as fifth data breach class action filed
Class Actions 2023-06-29 3:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Medibank is now facing five class actions over last October’s cyber attack that left exposed the personal data of 9.7 million customers, this one by shareholders of the private health insurer.

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Investigator wants evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith case, as Fairfax seeks costs from Seven, Stokes
Arthur Moses 2023-06-29 2:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The office of the special investigator wants access to evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation case, a court has heard, while Fairfax says it needs to see invoices from Herbert Smith Freehills to the soldier’s financial backer, Seven chairman Kerry Stokes, in its bid for costs.

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Gladys Berejiklian mulls legal challenge to corruption finding
New South Wales 2023-06-29 11:58 am By Christine Caulfield

Former premier of NSW Gladys Berejiklian and her ex-boyfriend, former member for Wagga Wagga Daryl Maguire, engaged in “serious corrupt conduct”, ICAC has found.

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Firm with lowest contingency fee wins praise in Star class action beauty parade
Class Actions 2023-06-28 11:41 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

As the knives come out in a contest between four law firms battling to run an $80 million class action against Star Entertainment, a court-appointed barrister has named his favourites – one of which has proposed a contingency fee of just 14 per cent.

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Out with ‘including’ and ‘such as’: Judge rips into pleading in Corelogic data scraping case
Bianca Kabel 2023-06-28 9:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has rejected an amended copyright case against US-based analytics company CoreLogic, expressing his displeasure at the use of imprecise phrases like ‘including’ and “such as’ in the revised pleading.

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NIB wins unpaid loans from Whitecoat developer after $42.5M sale to CBA
CBA 2023-06-28 4:02 pm By Gareth Baker

The developer of healthcare directory app Whitecoat must pay health insurer and joint venture partner NIB $1.6 million for loans that were never repaid following the app’s sale to the Commonwealth Bank for $42.5 million in 2021. 

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Lawyer shielded by advocate’s immunity for omission of claim against builder: appeals court
Acting Justice Carolyn Simpson 2023-06-28 2:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

An appeals court has held that a Sydney solicitor can’t be sued for negligence for a failure to include a breach of contract claim in a building dispute, saying the lawyer was protected by advocate’s immunity because his decision was “intimately connected” with the litigation.

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