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Jenny Tuita at 15 and today.

Aged 15, Jenny was charged with being ‘uncontrollable’. Now she’s on a mission for justice

The NSW government is facing potential legal action over invasive medical examinations performed on teenagers at a girls’ shelter in Glebe.

  • Angus Thomson

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A new class action alleges Tesla has been dishonest about its cars capabilities.

Tesla hit with Australian class action over ‘phantom braking’

Law firm alleges the electric vehicle company has been dishonest in its marketing, backed out of its promises and has not ensured its products are safe.

  • Tim Biggs
A Lovisa store in New Zealand.

Working for free, no lunch breaks: Lovisa hit with class action lawsuit

Hundreds of young women were allegedly asked to work before and after their rostered hours, denied bathroom breaks and told to do piercings in store with just two hours’ training.

  • Jessica Yun
Holden’s owner, General Motors, is facing a class action over alleged defects.

Holden faces class action over alleged transmission defects

Law firm Maurice Blackburn alleges Holden’s parent company, General Motors, sold cars with faulty transmissions.

  • Tung Nguyen
Patrice Turner arrives at the Victorian Supreme Court in 2023.

Australian women lose class action over controversial medical device

Justice Andrew Keogh said chronic pelvic pain and abnormal uterine bleeding commonly affected women of reproductive age.

  • Aisha Dow
Harvey Norman executive chairman Gerry Harvey during the Harvey Norman AGM held in Olympic Park, Sydney on Wednesday.

‘We all get hammered’: Harvey Norman’s court battles don’t faze Gerry

The veteran retailer has slammed Australia’s legal system, and said people won’t stop shopping at Harvey Norman as it fights allegations of misleading customers.

  • Jessica Yun
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WiseTech chief executive Richard White resigned last month.

Embattled WiseTech faces class action lawsuit from shareholders

Just weeks after its CEO stepped down, the software firm is now facing Supreme Court action alleging misleading conduct and a breach of disclosure obligations to investors.

  • David Swan
Western Bulldogs president Peter Gordon.

Ex-Bulldogs president Peter Gordon assists Pucovski concussion case, requests medical records

The prominent lawyer has provided advice to the AFL on its duty of care in concussion matters and is now assisting Will Pucovski, whose promising cricket career was cut short after he sustained repeated blows to the head.

  • Daniel Brettig
Joey Orrock was still figuring out how to be comfortable in her own body when she was strip searched by police at a music festival in 2019.

Joey wanted a fun day out. She ended up being stripped naked and humiliated

Thousands of people strip searched at music festivals may be owed compensation from NSW Police.

  • Riley Walter and Nick Newling
Harvey Norman chairman, Gerry Harvey.

Bad timing: Big business’ image tarnished by Harvey Norman class action

All it took was a class action lawsuit to put a kink in a nation-unifying call from the Business Council to cease and desist with business bashing.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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