Christine Caulfield

Bunnings has largely won its appeal of a finding that use of facial recognition technology in its stores breached privacy laws, with a tribunal saying an exemption applied to the hardware chain to combat retail crime.

Former Queensland senator Claire Moore has been banned from managing corporations for four years over her role as a director of two gold exploration companies that collapsed after raising $44 million from investors.

A subsidiary of gold mining giant Newmont has been hit with a class action alleging residents near its Cadia mine in Orange, NSW have been exposed to a "toxic trifecta" of air, land and water pollution.

Real estate investment firm Heitman and developer Erben have acquired a lot from the Western Australian government to develop a 19-storey student accommodation to meet growing demand in Perth.

A 259-hectare greenfield industrial site in Melbourne's north has been sold to Yale Investment Group for $275 million.

A leading construction and infrastructure lawyer with major projects and disputes experience will head up Jones Day's Sydney office as one of the firm's new partners-in-charge.

Senior barrister Walter Sofronoff is pressing on with his fight against the ACT Integrity Commission's findings that he engaged in corrupt conduct in his inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann's criminal prosecution for rape.

A Canberra solicitor has won his challenge to disciplinary action over a settlement that included a $3.5 million benefit for his law firm in return for mothballing a potential overcharging class action against another firm.

A First Nations elder has defeated a developer's appeal against a local council's decision to reject plans for a $30 million housing estate in Lismore, with a court agreeing the development would adversely impact Aboriginal cultural heritage.

Supermarket giant Coles and fast-food chain Hungry Jack's are among companies facing class actions by South Australian employees over Sunday pay entitlements.