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Telstra misled customers about Belong upload speeds, court finds
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-02-21 2:41 pm By Sam Matthews

A court has found that Telstra misled almost 9,000 residential broadband customers about the upload speeds of its budget internet provider Belong.

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EML wins extra time to respond to class action’s ‘new case’
Class Actions 2025-02-20 4:54 pm By Sam Matthews

Payments processing company EML has won more time to respond to a new pleading in a shareholder class action over its alleged failure to disclose Ireland central bank’s concerns with its anti-money laundering compliance.

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Landmark ruling to upend tax office’s practice of treating UPEs as loans
Tax 2025-02-20 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has found that an unpaid present entitlement to a corporate beneficiary is not a loan under tax law, upending the ATO’s longstanding practice of treating UPEs as part of a trustee’s assessable income.

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US property giant CoStar makes $2.7B play for Domain
Securities 2025-02-21 5:02 pm By Sam Matthews

Nine-owned Australian property marketplace Domain is weighing up a $2.7 billion cash takeover offer from US-based CoStar Group, which snapped up a 16.9 per cent share in the company on Thursday.

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‘Disappointing’: Women barristers still receiving smaller chunk of briefing fees
Business of Law 2025-02-20 4:42 pm By Sam Matthews

While the briefing rate targets for women barristers set by the Law Council of Australia’s equitable briefing initiative have been met, women barristers continue to receive a lower proportion of total briefing fees. 

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Icon fights Citta Group’s bid to vacate trial over alleged $1.2M debt
Contracts 2025-02-19 11:37 pm By Sam Matthews

Building company Icon is fighting developer Citta’s application to vacate the hearing of its claim to $1.2 million for consulting work on a Victorian state project, rejecting the developer’s claim it was ambushed by a new defence.

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Deputy PM Richard Marles called out for ‘quibbling’ in bullying case
Employment 2025-02-18 4:19 pm By Sam Matthews

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles’ chief of staff has called out her boss for “quibbling” in her case alleging she was pushed out after complaining about bullying.

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Mirvac wins dispute over licence for Birkenhead luxury outlet shop
Real Estate 2025-02-18 5:23 pm By Sam Matthews

Property developer Mirvac has won a $220,000 dispute against designer outlet store Estro over unpaid licence fees and charges under a commercial lease for a store at Sydney’s Birkenhead Point.

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Favouring ‘light touch’, judge stays suit against Esso, Woodside over Bass Strait royalties
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-02-18 11:37 pm By Sam Matthews

Gas giants Esso and Woodside have won their bid to stay a court case related to a project for extracting hydrocarbons in the Bass Strait, with a judge finding the court should apply a ‘light touch’ when interpreting arbitration agreements.

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AAI class action trial delayed as firm waits for $1.7M bank guarantee
Insurance 2025-02-13 2:52 pm By Sam Matthews

Trial in a class action against Suncorp unit AAI over add-on insurance has been delayed as Maurice Blackburn works to secure a NAB bank guarantee to satisfy a $1.7 million security for costs order.

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