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Class mulls options for talking to jailed Crown employees after appeals court defeat
Chief Justice James Allsop 2020-04-22 6:20 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The lead applicant in a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts is considering alternative options for examining 18 former jailed employees after an appeals court found communication with the employees was impermissible given confidentiality agreements they had with Crown.

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Adcon can’t stop Icon from calling on security in feud over Botanic Melbourne development
Andrew Morrison 2020-04-22 3:25 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Engineering firm Adcon has failed in a bid to block developer Icon from accessing a $396,000 bank guarantee after delays in the development of the Botanic Melbourne residential apartment complex.

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High Court won’t hear appeal over ‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick family’s $1 mining deal
Appeals 2020-04-22 2:45 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court will not hear a challenge to a ruling that found two companies previously run by Joseph “Diamond Joe” Gutnik and his family were insolvent.

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High Court may pick apart choice of Maurice Blackburn in AMP class action contest
Adam Hochroth 2020-04-21 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

The power of courts to choose a single winner from a contest of competing class actions is not the likely target of the High Court in taking up a challenge to last year’s beauty parade of shareholder proceedings against AMP, but the analysis behind the decision to award Maurice Blackburn the prize could face scrutiny, experts say.

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Uber Eats driver was not an employee, FWC confirms on appeal
Appeals 2020-04-21 7:49 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A Fair Work Commission appeals panel has upheld a ruling that an Uber Eats delivery driver allegedly let go for being 10 minutes late was not an employee and was therefore not protected by unfair dismissal laws.

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Fuchs infringed Quaker patents at BHP mine, court finds
Andrew Fox 2020-04-21 7:43 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Federal Court has found that Fuchs Lubricants infringed two patents owned by Quaker Chemicals by supplying hydraulic fluid to a Queensland mine owned by BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance.

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Sydney man faces conspiracy charge for alleged role in Plutus tax fraud
Tax 2020-04-21 1:03 pm By Alison Eveleigh Sydney

A 33-year-old Sydney man faces a charge of conspiring to defraud the Commonwealth for his alleged role in the Plutus Payroll fraud, a scheme that defrauded the Australian Tax Office of more than $105 million over three years.

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Aurora Funds loses challenge to ruling over soured Molopo Energy takeover
Andrew Broadfoot 2020-04-21 12:56 pm By Christine Caulfield Sydney

A court has upheld two decisions by the Australian Government Takeovers Panel that a bid by asset manager Aurora Funds Management to replace Molopo Energy’s directors was made in “unacceptable circumstances”.

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Virgin Airlines becomes first big corporate casualty of COVID-19
Coronavirus 2020-04-20 10:13 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Embattled Virgin Australia has entered voluntary administration after the Morrison government knocked back its plea for a $1.4 billion lifeline, the airline confirmed Tuesday.

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One Key Resources hit with class action by casual mine workers
Adero Law 2020-04-20 5:53 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Labour hire firm One Key Resources is facing an employment class action on behalf of casual coal mine workers who were allegedly denied annual leave and severance pay entitlements, the latest class action alleging workers have been misclassified as casuals.

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