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‘Commercial nonsense’ ruling shot down in AMP lease dispute
Christopher Burch 2023-07-11 10:16 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

Willis Australia has won an appeal against its landlord, AMP Capital, with a court ruling the insurance broker is entitled to withdraw notice it gave in December 2019 to renew its office lease. 

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Google must produce details of email sender to disendorsed Labor candidate
Defamation 2023-07-11 2:55 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

A court has ordered Google to provide former Victorian Labor candidate Nurul Khan with account information and IP addresses relating to an anonymous email sent to the ALP last November, which led to his disendorsement by the party just two weeks before the state election. 

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Sparke Helmore picks up partner from Holding Redlich
Business of Law 2023-07-11 11:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

Sparke Helmore has recruited a Brisbane-based partner from Holding Redlich with corporate and dispute resolution experience.

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Lawyer says reconvening Robodebt class action right way to compensate victims
Class Actions 2023-07-10 11:21 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A lawyer behind a settled class action against the previous government’s Robodebt disaster has called for the case to be reconvened in the wake of a report that blasted the “crude and cruel” scheme, as Government Service Minister Bill Shorten suggests victims could sue individual Coalition ministers.

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Data brokers in ACCC’s sights over info harvesting
ACCC 2023-07-10 4:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has set its sights on data brokers such as Equifax and Corelogic amid concerns about harms to consumers from their information collecting practices.

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Scathing report on Robodebt ‘disaster’ calls for legal action
Class Actions 2023-07-07 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A damning report by a royal commission into the former federal government’s Robodebt scheme has recommended several individuals be referred for civil action or criminal prosecution, finding it was “a crude and cruel mechanism, neither fair nor legal”.

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‘Aldi bag of cash’ suit against Holding Redlich resolved, court hears
Allens 2023-07-07 1:32 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

The NSW Labor Party has agreed to drop its case against law firm Holding Redlich for providing allegedly negligent advice over a $100,000 illegal cash donation delivered in an Aldi shopping bag.

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Hotel detention legal, but lacked ‘care and humanity’, judge says
Australian Government Solicitor 2023-07-06 10:27 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

A federal court judge has slammed Australia’s use of makeshift hotel detention centres as lacking “ordinary human decency”, but ruled they are not illegal in the case of a Kurdish refugee who was held for 14 months in two Melbourne hotels. 

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‘More is more’ approach to pleadings an increasing problem, lawyers say
Analysis 2023-07-05 11:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A Federal Court judge who recently ordered new pleadings in a copyright case against CoreLogic is the latest judge fed up with plaintiffs pleading innumerable alternatives that waste court resources, add to the length of trials and extend the wait time for judgments.

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AFP can’t get first impression trial in childcare operators’ defamation case
David Gilbertson 2023-07-05 5:25 pm By Gareth Baker Sydney

A judge has knocked back a bid by the Australian Federal Police to have an upcoming trial over an allegedly defamatory press conference run on a stripped-back ‘first impression’ basis.

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