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Judge content to keep $4M Geocon construction dispute in Federal Court
Construction 2025-11-12 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge who previously questioned why Geocon’s $4 million construction dispute over two Canberra developments was in the Federal Court has said he will continue to hear the case.

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Solicitor who misrepresented judge’s view loses appeal of caution
Legal Ethics 2025-11-10 11:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A solicitor who attributed a barrister’s submission about his client’s capacity to a Supreme Court judge in a letter to a costs assessor has lost an appeal of a NSW Law Society decision to caution him.

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Wotton Kearney brings on cyber partner from Colin Biggers Paisley
Business of Law 2025-11-10 1:23 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Wotton Kearney has nabbed a cyber law expert from Colin Biggers & Paisley to join its partnership.

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Builder Bloc suing over defects in Newcastle development
Construction 2025-11-10 11:43 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Developer Bloc is locked in a dispute with a contractor on the Watervue residential development in Newcastle, who it has accused of carrying out defective piling works.

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Development consent for Sydney Airport hotel ‘in force’: NCAT
Construction 2025-11-10 11:53 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal has given the operator of the Ibis Sydney Airport hotel in Mascot another chance to seek a liquor licence, finding a deferred commencement condition did not mean a development consent was not ‘in force’.

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AGL sells Tilt Renewables stake to OIC, Future Fund for $750M
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-11-10 11:04 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

AGL has agreed to sell the lion’s share of its equity stake in Tilt Renewables to the Queensland Investment Corporation and Australia’s sovereign wealth fund for $750 million.

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Groth articles in Herald Sun ‘precisely’ the journalism exempt under privacy law, court told
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-11-06 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Herald Sun articles about Victorian Deputy Liberal Leader Sam Groth’s relationship with his wife, Brittany, are “precisely ” the kind of journalism protected by an exemption in new privacy laws, a court has heard.

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Company behind Suburban Rail loop acquires engineering firm BG&E Group
Construction 2025-11-07 11:47 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A French engineering and consulting group involved in some of Australia’s largest public transport projects has acquired unlisted Australian multi-disciplinary engineering firm BG&E Group.

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ASIC mulls appeal in conflicted remuneration case against ex-Freedom boss
ASIC 2025-11-05 11:44 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

ASIC is considering an appeal of a ruling that tossed its conflicted remuneration case against Freedom Insurance’s former boss and another executive over a sales incentive scheme.

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Wood & Grieve can’t get more details from CPB in spat over Elizabeth Quay project
Construction 2025-11-06 11:41 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Engineering firm Wood & Grieve has failed to convince a judge to compel CPB Contractors to provide it with further and better particulars in a dispute over work on Perth’s Elizabeth Quay redevelopment.

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