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ANZ sues insurers for $117M in coverage for class action settlements
Insurance 2025-05-07 11:39 pm By Sam Matthews

ANZ has sued several insurers seeking coverage for two class action settlements totalling $117 million, plus defence costs, in cases stemming from the banking royal commission. 

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Law firm fined $50,000 over ‘repugnant’ work environment
Employment 2025-05-07 11:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A Melbourne law firm has been hit with a $48,840 penalty in a case by a junior lawyer who was required to work over 200 hours in three weeks, including several days and nights spent working around the clock in a hotel.

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Macquarie cops extra conditions for ‘repeated’ non-compliance
Financial Services 2025-05-07 11:33 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The corporate watchdog has imposed additional conditions on Macquarie Bank’s financial services licence, citing multiple and significant compliance failures.

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Treasury Wine settlement costs top $27M in no win, no fee class action
Securities 2025-05-07 11:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

Shareholders are set to pocket 58 per cent of a $65 million settlement in a class action against Treasury Wine Estates if the deal is approved by a court at a hearing this month.

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BBC exec who alleged she was investigated for ‘top-down’ decision making drops suit
Employment 2025-05-07 11:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A BBC Studios Australia executive who alleged she was the victim of adverse action and discrimination after she exercised her workplace rights has dropped her suit against her employer.

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Parkview points finger at architect, surveyor in Australia Towers cladding claim
Mark Sheldon 2025-05-08 2:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Parkview Constructions is seeking to bring negligence claims against Bates Smart and McKenzie Group in a lawsuit over alleged combustible cladding at Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park. 

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Court rejects developer’s bid for extra time to settle $95M Hyde Park property deal
Real Estate 2025-05-08 11:59 pm By Sam Matthews

A developer seeking to redevelop the site of the Hyde Park Inn has lost its bid for an extra 15 months to pay up over $95 million to the NSW branch of the RSL to settle the purchase, but a judge has handed it a win in the process for determining the final price tag for the deal.

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Developer wins $200M in challenge to Sydney Metro compulsory land acquisition
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-05-08 11:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Coombes Property Group has been awarded $200 million in compensation for Sydney Metro’s compulsory acquisition of its CBD property, despite contending it was entitled to $430 million.

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Insurer defeats $13M claim by Parklea development owners corporation
Construction 2025-05-08 11:17 pm By Andy Sidler

The owners corporation of a 98-unit Parklea development by defunct builder Dyldam Developments has failed in its attempt to claim insurance for building defects in a property completed 17 years ago, with a court finding that time was up. 

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Council wins challenge to Peace Park residential development
Construction 2025-05-08 11:18 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A NSW council has partially succeeded in its challenge to the approval of a proposed residential development near the Peace Park in Ashbury in Sydney’s Inner West. In November 2024, Commissioner Elizabeth Espinosa of the NSW Land and Environment Court ruled in favour of developer Hamptons Property Services, and granted it development consent for a…

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