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A former owner of the Ubertas property development group has brought proceedings against Pitcher Partners and Deloitte Private, alleging they gave her negligent tax advice that led to her getting audited and hit with a $12 million tax bill.
Social media app Giggle for Girls has asked the High Court to reverse a finding that it committed direct discrimination on the basis of gender identity by excluding a transgender woman from its platform.
The High Court won't hear a challenge to a dismissed negligence suit against a Sydney solicitor, in an appeal dealing with whether lawyers need to examine the underlying contracts in a dispute before determining whether a claim or defence has merit.
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A developer has taken builder LU Simon to court, seeking an order that it pay $8.7 million in liquidated damages for failing to complete a $74 million residential development in Box Hill on time.
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The Albanese government has appointed a senior executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience to take the reins as the first chief executive officer of the new national EPA, a cornerstone of the government's recent environmental law reforms.
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A lawyer for ASIC has told a judge that $300 million in Shield Master Fund investments intended for property developments appear to have been diverted for other purposes.
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Woodside Energy has exercised its pre-remption rights to block Inpex's acquitision of PetroChina's interest in the Browse Basin gas joint venture off Western Australia's coast.
A group of funders is advocating for reforms to address the dearth of new class action filings in the NSW Supreme Court, with a group costs order regime similar to the one in place in Victoria said to be under consideration.
Two former employees of financial services firm Monarch Advisory have lost their appeal of a $270,000 damages award after they were found to have breached a non-compete agreement.
The Law Council has called for a one-year pause on an impending requirement that law firms comply with the anti-money laundering counter-terrorism finance regime, saying there is still no clarity about who the new rules apply to.