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Cash Converters pays $650,000 for breaking debt collection rules
Article 2018-05-24 5:18 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Cash Converters has agreed to pay $650,000 in a settlement with ASIC after the regulator found the retail pawnbroker routinely breached guidelines governing debt collection.

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Corrs Chambers joins Ford class action amid Bannister’s funder feud
Article 2018-05-23 10:18 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Three weeks after a court heard Bannister Law could be forced off a massive class action against Ford, Corrs Chambers Westgarth has joined the case to jointly act for the lead applicants.

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Telstra’s ‘Unlimited’ ad campaign misleading, court rules
Article 2018-05-23 6:25 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Telstra has engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct and breached the Australian Consumer Law with its ‘Unlimited’ advertising campaign, a judge ruled Wednesday.

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Robbie Waterhouse’s defamation case against Fairfax heads to mediation
Article 2018-05-23 5:41 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A defamation case by the husband of racing legend Gai Waterhouse against Fairfax Media alleging a Sydney Morning Herald article damaged his reputation has been ordered into mediation by the Federal Court.

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Class actions over Willmott Forests scheme collapse wrap up
Article 2018-05-23 5:17 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Class actions brought by victims of the failed Willmott Forests managed investment scheme have come to a close, two years after a judge issued a stunning ruling rejecting an initial settlement as favoring clients of M&K Lawyers over other investors, and including payment of a hefty legal bill.

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ASIC’s Peter Kell says finance sector’s excuses have run out
Article 2018-05-22 9:09 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell has put financial services firm’s on notice that excusing poor behaviour as an industrywide problem won’t cut it anymore.

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Westpac admits checks on small loan guarantors ‘more form’ than substance
Article 2018-05-22 8:28 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Westpac faced another tortuous day at the Banking Royal Commission on Tuesday, with general manager of commercial banking Alastair Welsh under the spotlight for inconsistencies in the bank’s small business lending practices. 

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AWU faces court action for keeping lapsed members registered
Article 2018-05-22 4:55 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The Registered Organisations Commissioner has filed Federal Court proceedings against the Australian Workers’ Union, alleging the union broke the law by failing to keep an accurate register of its members.

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GetSwift class actions to learn their fate, and lawyers watch closely
Article 2018-05-22 4:47 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

A decision on the fate of three class actions against logistics software company GetSwift is set for Wednesday, and counsel behind the competing cases aren’t the only lawyers waiting with baited breath.

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Judge bars ASX from delisting Chinese food retailer Winha
Article 2018-05-22 3:54 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

China-based food retailer Winha Commerce has secured an interim court injunction barring the Australian Stock Exchange from delisting the company after the exchange issued queries to all Chinese listed companies about problems converting the renminbi.

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