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Bulldog gets five-game ban for gouging Titans star's eye

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Canterbury striker Corey Waddell was found guilty of gouging Gold Coast captain Tino Fa’asuamaleaui in the eye and was banned for five games. Key points: Stephen Crichton left the pitch with a concussion immediately after contact Crichton also needs plastic surgery on his ear Finucane says if given the chance to try another tackle, he wouldn’t do anything different The NRL tribunal, made up of Dallas Johnson and Bob Lindner and presided over by Judge Geoffrey Bellew, deliberated for about 15 minutes on Tuesday night before unanimously finding that Waddell’s contact with Fa’asuamaleaui was dangerous and reckless. The match review committee referred Waddell directly to NRL court on charges of dangerous contact, meaning he has no option to enter a defence. Waddell told the court he had tried to knock Fa’asuamaleaui to the ground in a tackle when his arm reached his teammate and into the lock’s forehead. Waddell insisted that he only touched Fa’asuamaleaui’s forehead and nose, doing so uni

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate dismisses violation findings, says 'hard for me to apologize'

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has dismissed two findings of misconduct by the council supervisor and said any apologies from him were insincere. Key points: Mayor appealed after court found he was involved in misconduct Tom Tate directed the board’s former chief executive to stop disciplinary proceedings against other staff members in 2015 Tate questions the order to make a confession of infringement on his Facebook page In a report published last week, the Councilor Conduct Tribunal found Tate to be involved in misconduct in 2015 when he directed former board chief executive Dale Dickson to stop disciplinary proceedings against other staff members. The report found that “the violations were taken so seriously that the court considered whether to recommend to the minister that [Mr Tate] dismissed as mayor. The court ordered Tate to make a public confession of the wrongdoing on his official Facebook page today and pay a fine of nearly $3,500. But Tate has appealed the findings and applied

Outlaw motorcycle club wins $78,000 court case for trademark infringement

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A global online marketplace has been ordered by the Australian Federal Court to pay more than $78,000 in damages to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club for infringing its trademark. Key points: Stickers, T-shirts and face masks sold on the website were found to infringe on the Hells Angels trademark A Redbubble spokesperson said it was considering appealing the “disappointing” decision This is the second time Redbubble has been found infringing on the motorcycle club trademark Redbubble, which sells user-submitted artwork printed on items including clothing, mugs and bed linen, was found by Federal Court to have violated the illegal motorcycle club trademark by displaying items for sale featuring its mark and logo in 2020 and 2021. . This isn’t the first time this has happened, with Redbubble being ordered to pay the motorcycle club $5,000 in damages in 2019. According to court documents, Hells Angels trademark officer Gavin Hansen purchased the goods from the trademark infringing webs

Court ruling deals a heavy blow to Wakefield Park's future - Speedcafe

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Wakefield Park Racecourse, in 2019 The court’s decision has jeopardized the future of Wakefield Park due to the imposition of strict noise limits in the future. Commissioner Tim Horton has now handed down his verdict following the New South Wales Land and Environmental Court proceedings held in March, when circuit owner Benalla Auto Club (officially, the BAC subsidiary that owns the site, ‘BAC WMR Holdings Pty Ltd’ ) brought Goulburn local Mulwaree Council to court. While construction work has been approved, the new noise limit effectively limits Wakefield Park to race meetings for 30 days per year, a situation previously stated by circuit management would render operations unenforceable. Race meetings fall into the ‘Category Red’ event category, i.e. events with a noise level of 85 to 95 dB(A) LAeq 15 minutes (i.e. noise level in the frequency response of the human ear, averaged over a 15 minute period). However, it should be noted that for development approval purposes, ‘events’ are

David and Georgina are at odds with their removalists. Four years later, they took Google to court

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In the months that followed, Eden and Oxley went to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Court to try to get their money back. Georgina Oxley and David Eden. Credit: Joe Armao They succeeded, winning an order in their favor of $3327.50. The money was finally paid a year after the order was made. Eden and Oxley believe that was the spark for an online campaign against them. According to court documents, the first false reviews posted by removal company owners or people associated with them appeared on Designer Plants’ business page in May 2019. “Very poor quality product. Please save your money at another store,” the review said. The reviewer’s name was the same as the staff member at Melbourne Movers, according to Eden and Oxley’s claims statement, and had posted the five-star review on his employer’s Google business page that same day. In the years since, Eden and Oxley say their pages have been flooded with bad reviews accusing them of scamming people, not offering refunds, selli