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Bellamy’s keeps up fight for cost capping in joint class actions
Class Actions 2019-03-11 12:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

Baby food maker Bellamy’s is not giving up its fight to limit the costs of two shareholder class actions against the company, lodging an appeal of a ruling that shut down its cost-capping bid as premature.

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Clayton Utz hands over AMP docs to ASIC, ending legal stoush
Clayton Utz 2019-03-08 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

Legal action brought by the corporate regulator over withheld documents at the centre of an investigation into AMP’s fees for no service conduct has settled, with law firm Clayton Utz producing the evidence on Thursday.

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Court lifts injunction, allows Allianz Stadium demolition to begin
Construction 2019-03-08 10:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The NSW Land and Environment Court has shot down attempts to further delay demolition work as part of the $729 million redevelopment of Sydney’s Allianz Stadium.

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‘Inoffensive drunkenness’ at work party not grounds for firing, FWC says
Employment 2019-03-08 10:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

An employee of electrical contractor Ryan Wilks who was fired for getting drunk at a co-worker’s farewell party can have her job back, the Fair Work Commission has found, saying most Australians would face the ax if “inoffensive drunkenness” were grounds for sacking someone.

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Doctor taped meeting where Ramsay Health unit CEO made alleged threats, trial hears
Baker McKenzie 2019-03-08 4:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A surgeon who was considering opening a health clinic in Coffs Harbour, NSW recorded one of the meetings central to the competition watchdog’s action against Ramsay Health, in which alleged anti-competitive threats were made by a CEO of two Ramsay units, a court has heard. 

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CIMIC slugged with costs after class action trial vacated
Allens 2019-03-07 4:32 pm By Miklos Bolza

Global engineering firm CIMIC Group has been hit with costs after a last-minute subpoena of three new potential witnesses caused the three-week trial that was due to commence later this month to be vacated.

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Mach Energy faces $20M lawsuit by ex-managing director
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2019-03-07 4:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

Mining firm Mach Energy is facing legal action from its former managing director over $20 million in shares allegedly owed under an equity incentive scheme.

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Judge got the maths wrong in awarding $5.6M for accounting error, Pitcher Partner says
Alastair Vincent 2019-03-07 1:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge who hit Pitcher Partners with a $5.6 million damages ruling over an accounting error concealed from corporate client Neville’s Bus Service was wrong to hold that the transport operator’s losses flowing from the error were real, the firm has argued.

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Sacked Qantas flight attendant loses appeal over Manhattan martini drinking spree
Ashurst 2019-03-06 9:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former Qantas flight attendant who was sacked after getting drunk on peach martinis at a bar while off duty in Manhattan has lost an appeal of a finding that the airline had valid reasons for dismissing him.

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United Petroleum loses $2M award over compulsory land acquisition
Acting Justice Ronald Sackville 2019-03-06 5:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

An appeals court has overturned a ruling awarding $2 million in compensation to United Petroleum after the state government compulsorily acquired land on which the petrol retailer operated a service station and restaurant.

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