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Meta loses strike-out bid in ACCC crypto ads case
Social Media 2025-09-05 11:09 am By Cindy Cameronne

Meta has lost its latest bid to strike out the consumer regulator’s case alleging it failed to put up “reasonable safeguards” to prevent scam cryptocurrency ads on its Facebook platform. 

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‘This should not be done again’: Judge slams complex Coles, Woolworths trial
Class Actions 2025-09-05 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has criticised the “unacceptably complex” trial of two regulatory cases and two underpayments class actions against Coles and Woolworths, delivering a ruling whose significance for the workers is not yet clear.

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Robodebt class action settles a second time for record $548.5M
Class Actions 2025-09-04 10:18 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action over the Morrison government’s Robodebt scheme has settled for $548.5 million, the largest class action settlement in Australia’s history, on the back of damning revelations in a royal commission report released after the class action originally settled for $112 million. 

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High Court won’t hear Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation appeal
Defamation 2025-09-04 11:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Australia’s most-decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, has lost his bid for special leave from the High Court to appeal a judge’s findings that he committed war crimes in Afghanistan.

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Adina owes Trenerry’s West End $2.3M for terminating Melbourne hotel lease
Real Estate 2025-09-05 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered Adina West Melbourne to pay $2.3 million to Trenerry’s West End LandCo, including $1 million in unpaid rent, despite finding COVID-19 lockdowns were a force majeure event under the lease.

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CBA class actions sent back for possible pursuit of ‘no transaction’ claims
Class Actions 2025-09-04 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two failed shareholder class actions against Commonwealth Bank have been returned to a judge to decide if ‘no transaction’ claims can still be pursued, a move CBA argues is a way to keep alive cases that are “truly dead”.

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Icon sues insurers over $21M in Opal Tower rectification costs
Construction 2025-09-04 11:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Builder Icon has taken insurers Chubb and Mitsui Sumimoto to court, arguing it is entitled to claim $21 million for the costs of rectifying Sydney’s Opal Tower development.

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‘Worst of all possible worlds’: Judge rejects Blue Sky shareholder’s bid for novel split trial
Securities 2025-09-02 11:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The shareholder leading a class action against failed fund manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments has lost a bid for a split trial it accepted was novel, despite arguing the usual course for trials in securities cases was “misconceived”.

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Uber files High Court challenge in $81M payroll tax dispute
Tax 2025-09-01 11:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Uber wants the High Court to weigh in on its dispute with the NSW State Revenue Office over five years of payroll tax, after an appeals court found payments made to drivers were taxable. 

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Mirvac to partner with Mitsubishi Estate on $2B Harbourside project
Construction 2025-09-02 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mirvac has entered into a joint venture with Japanese developer Mitsubishi Estate to deliver a mixed-use precinct in Sydney’s Darling Harbour, estimated to have an end value of over $2 billion. 

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