Cat Fredenburgh

The Victorian planning minister has told the High Court that IGA can't bring a lawsuit over a local council amendment allowing up to four supermarkets in the town of Shepparton, saying the case does raise a jurisdictional error. 

The ACCC has narrowed the number of local sites in its sights as part of an assessment of Ampol's $1.1 billion acquisition of EG Australia, but the "metropolitan-wide" effects of the merger in four major cities are under the microscope.

Sovereign wealth fund Abu Dhabi Investments Authority has sold the Novotel and Ibis hotels in Sydney's Darling Harbour to Wentworth Capital for $390 million.

White & Case has lured a partner from King & Wood Mallesons with more than 20 years of experience working on private equity and mergers and acquisitions. 

Allens has appointed Marc Kemp to replace Richard Spurio as managing partner after more than a decade of leadership.

Former ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott has dropped a lawsuit alleging the bank breached the terms of a contract governing his departure when it denied him $13.5 million in bonus payments.

A cocktail bar located in the basement of Merivale's Fred's restaurant in Paddington has won court approval to trade until 2 am four days a week.

Latitude Group says it will defend a "fundamentally flawed" class action over an allegedly misleading interest-free ad promotion by Harvey Norman that required customers to apply for a Latitude GO credit card.

Harvey Norman is facing a class action over 'interest-free' ads which the Federal Court has found were misleading.

The Trump Organization is planning its first development in Australia, signing an agreement to build a 91-storey luxury hotel on the Gold Coast.