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JB Hi-Fi asks court to rule on novel ACL question in warranty class action
Class Actions 2025-07-22 11:21 pm By Sam Matthews

JB Hi-Fi wants an advance ruling in a class action on the period of cover provided to customers for breach of statutory guarantees under the consumer law, a question that has never been addressed by the courts.

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Infrastructure consultant Amey re-enters Aussie market with acquisition
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-07-23 11:50 pm By Sam Matthews

UK Infrastructure consultancy business Amey is returning to Australian shores after acquiring local consultancy Premise.

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Law firm’s cut no sure thing as judge OKs $87M settlement in Hino class action
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-07-18 2:00 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has approved an $87 million settlement in a class action against Hino Motors, but says he needs to hear from a contradictor before greenlighting a law firm’s 25 per cent contingency fee.

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CBA faces union action for alleged offshoring of hundreds of jobs
Employment 2025-07-18 11:35 pm By Sam Matthews

The Finance Sector Union has taken Commonwealth Bank to the Fair Work Commission over the alleged “sham redundancy” of over 100 positions it says are being offshored to India in breach of an enterprise agreement.

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Whitehaven wins fight with enviro groups over climate risk docs
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-18 11:59 pm By Sam Matthews

Whitehaven Coal, which is locked in a fight with two conservation groups over the Winchester South coal mine in Queensland, has fought off an application for disclosure of internal climate risk documents created by a related entity.

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You can’t have someone else’s day in court: Judge proposes solution to ‘litigious morass’
Courts 2025-07-16 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

The legal watchdog’s latest case against the owners of a Melbourne law firm — part of countless “collateral” proceedings between the parties — should be fixed for a final hearing ASAP, a judge has said.

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Lendlease secures land for $2.5B luxury residential development
Construction 2025-07-16 11:05 pm By Sam Matthews

Lendlease has announced its plan for a luxury apartment complex in Sydney, expected to reach an end value of $2.5 billion, after securing land overlooking Hyde Park.

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GemLife scoops up eight projects from Aliria for $218M
Real Estate 2025-07-16 11:53 pm By Sam Matthews

Following a $750 million float earlier this month, luxury retirement resort operator GemLife Communities has completed the first stage of a planned $270 million acquisition of land lease company Aliria’s development portfolio.

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Construction company fights new creditor on winding up application
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-07-15 11:48 pm By Sam Matthews

Collapsed Roberts Co Victoria is fighting a bid by a creditor it says should not be allowed to “come out of the woodwork” and take over the winding up application of a company that has since been deregistered.

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Setka hits back at FWO case over alleged coercion of AFL
Employment 2025-07-11 11:57 pm By Sam Matthews

Former CFMEU figure John Setka has denied the workplace watchdog’s claims that he tried to coerce the AFL into sacking its head umpire over his previous role at the Australian Building and Construction Commission, saying the union had a legitimate political interest in polemicising against an “anti-unionist” officiating “a working man’s sport”.

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