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Navy training class action hopeful of global settlement
A global settlement may now be within reach in a class action brought by Navy technicians over training contracts after a larger number of same group members' claims have been assessed, a court has heard. 
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Adani asks court to toss class action by First Nations landowners
Adani has asked the court to toss a class action by First Nations landowners over media statements made during a dispute over the Carmichael open cut mine in Queensland.
‘Critical’ late evidence allowed in McDonald’s rest breaks class action
An employment class action against McDonald's and its franchisees has won a last-minute bid to file evidence by three new witnesses after a key witness withdrew from the case.
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Developer says Suburban Rail Loop acquisition an equitable fraud
Developer H1land Group wants to revise its case against Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop Authority over a substratum land acquisition, claiming that acquiring the land under the Major Transports Projects Act amounts to equitable fraud.
The Deb producer thought Charlotte MacInnes ‘fudging’ story, court told
Film producer Greer Simpkin thought ‘The Deb’ actress Charlotte MacInnes was “fudging” when she walked back an alleged complaint to director Rebel Wilson, a court has heard.
Shield-linked director says ASIC probe leaves him in limbo
A former director of marketing companies linked to the failed Shield and First Guardian funds says ASIC's 14-month investigation has left him facing a travel ban and freezing orders but no substantive allegations.
Hyundai, Kia say expanding class actions still in search of a defect
Three years after filing, the class actions against Hyundai and Kia are trying to pinpoint the defect at the heart of the cases, with the car manufacturers complaining that the newest pleading, which seeks to expand the claims to include an additional 380,000 vehicles, is still missing key details. 
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Owners of luxury Neutral Bay development secure quick $7.8M win
The owners corporation of a luxury apartment block in Sydney’s North Shore have been awarded $7.8 million in a summary judgment ruling after developer Lotus Fund failed to put on more than bare denials.
Hyundai, Kia class actions want costs from funders of losing cases
The prevailing applicants in a contest to run class actions against Hyundai and Kia want all their costs of the beauty parade against the plaintiffs and funders of the failed cases, arguing the whole of their outlay was unnecessary.
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Phoenix SPV wins $57.75M in suit against developer over financing terms
A Phoenix Property Investors special purpose vehicle has won a $57.75 million judgment against developer Rockdale Central Finco in a dispute over financing related to the construction of 50 residential apartments in a southern Sydney suburb.