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As trial approaches in case over $30M Brisbane development, more security ordered
Construction 2025-10-10 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Developer CIP Group must fork over another $1.17 million in further security for costs in a derivative case against entities associated with a 600-lot development in Brisbane.

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Catalyst wins $32M from Presbyterian Church of Qld for failed land deals
Real Estate 2025-10-08 11:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Property group Catalyst has won $31.7 million from a trustee corporation of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland over a suite of scuppered transactions for land and aged care homes.

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High Court confirms employers must consider redeployment before redundancy
Employment 2025-08-06 11:27 pm By Andy Sidler

The High Court has upheld a decision that found Helensburgh Coal should have tried to redeploy 22 workers it dismissed as redundant and replaced with contractors.

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CIP Group seeks to amend case over $30M Brisbane development
Construction 2025-07-17 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

Developer CIP Group is fighting opposition to its bid to amend its claims in oppression proceedings brought against entities associated with a 600-lot environmentally friendly residential development in a Brisbane suburb.

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Walter Sofronoff can challenge Integrity Commission report
Public Corruption 2025-07-02 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has ruled that Walter Sofronoff KC can rely on a report on his inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann in his case challenging the ACT Integrity Commission’s findings that he engaged in corrupt conduct. 

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Sofronoff says Integrity Commission report should not escape court review
Public Corruption 2025-05-20 11:56 pm By Andy Sidler

Walter Sofronoff KC has argued that a report into his inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann is not subject to parliamentary privilege merely because it was tabled in the Legislative Assembly, arguing such a finding would preclude judicial review.

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Court asked to shut down Sofronoff’s challenge to corruption report
Public Corruption 2025-04-01 4:47 pm By Sam Matthews

The speaker of the legislative assembly of the ACT is seeking to shut down Walter Sofronoff’s legal challenge to a report which found he engaged in serious corrupt conduct in his inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann.

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Who’ll stop the claim: Creedence Clearwater Revival singer shuts down case over festival gig
Arbitration 2024-06-25 11:59 pm By Andy Sidler

A contract dispute between Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty and Country Fest Queensland will be arbitrated in California, after a judge found equivalent claims could not be brought under Queensland law.

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ASIC wins hard-fought case against payday lenders after High Court challenge
Financial Services 2023-07-12 9:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC has won orders declaring that Gold Coast-based BHF Solutions and Cigno needed a credit licence to issue loans to hundreds of thousands of customers, after the High Court tossed a challenge by the payday lenders.            

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In decades-long fight over coal seam gas fields, Tri-Star loses referee bid
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-05-16 3:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Texas oil giant Tri-Star has lost its bid for a referral in a dispute with natural gas exporter Australia Pacific LNG over several coal seam gas fields in Queensland and $7.6 billion in share acquisitions.

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