Cat Fredenburgh

The Star has settled a long-running dispute with the ATO over GST on payments made to junket operators, with the ATO agreeing to refund $33 million of the $88 million in dispute. 

PGIM’s Real Estate Investment Group and private equity manager Assembly Funds Management have teamed up to acquire the Ed.Square Town Centre in south-west Sydney from Frasers for $248 million.

A judge has issued a stark warning on the dangers of "befriending Artificial Intelligence-powered chatbots who masquerade as legal advisors", tossing out Fair Work proceedings by a self-represented delivery driver who the judge said appeared to use AI to generate an evidence list of documents that did not exist.

Amazon has signed another power purchase agreement with European Energy for its Winton North solar and battery project in Victoria, adding to the $2.8 billion the tech company has invested in Australian renewable projects since 2020. 

Victorian aged care provider Arcare has been hit with a class action alleging it charged residents millions of dollars for services they did not use.

Hungry Jack's has lost a spat with the owner of a site on which it operates a restaurant on the north coast of NSW, with a judge finding the rent payable by the fast food chain must account for the value of the land and the building.

Hall & Wilcox has welcomed three partners from Piper Alderman to grow its corporate practice.

ASIC may reconsider its approach to claims against non-executive directors after failing to prove that three NEDs of Rex had actual knowledge that the failed budget airline did not have a reasonable basis for a rosy profit forecast, experts told Lawyerly. 

A judge has allowed a 50 per cent fee uplift for counsel in an epic fight over lucrative tenements in the Pilbara region, but says the hourly fees of solicitors from the likes of Allens, Clayton Utz and Corrs were already well above market rate.

Clifford Chance has hired the head of Mallesons' real estate group and his team of five to lead its growing real estate practice in Australia, on the heels of hiring lawyers from Pinsent Masons and HSF Kramer to kickstart its construction and environment teams.