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Court tosses challenge to Santos’ Narrabri gas pipeline
A community group has lost a legal challenge to a 50-60 km underground pipeline that will connect Santos’ $3.6 billion Narrabri gas project to the Hunter gas pipeline. 
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Hyde Park developer, RSL settle $95M payment dispute
The prospective developer of the Hyde Park Inn in Sydney has dropped its appeal of a decision which disallowed it from delaying a $95 million payment to the NSW Returned Service League.
ASIC’s appeal in case against Auto & General rejected as ‘inherently contradictory’
An appeals court has dismissed the corporate regulator's "logically inconsistent" appeal against a landmark decision that found insurer Auto & General did not include an unfair term in its contracts.
Worley class action can give its take on Full Court’s approach to loss in CBA case
Two months after reserving judgment, an appeals court has allowed the Worley class action to reopen the case to offer its take on the relevance of the Full Court's ruling last month in the CBA class actions.
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Developer files appeal over $95M Hyde Park property deal
The prospective developer of the Hyde Park Inn site in Sydney is appealing a decision which rejected its bid to delay a $95 million payment to the NSW Returned Service League to settle the sale. 
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Court rejects developer’s bid for extra time to settle $95M Hyde Park property deal
A developer seeking to redevelop the site of the Hyde Park Inn has lost its bid for an extra 15 months to pay up over $95 million to the NSW branch of the RSL to settle the purchase, but a judge has handed it a win in the process for determining the final price tag for the deal.
Court lifts 5-year stay of claims against doctors by J&J pelvic mesh patients
A judge has lifted a five-year stay imposed on two cases brought against individual gynaecologists by group members in a resolved class action against Johnson & Johnson over allegedly defective pelvic mesh implants.
Judge ‘far too demanding’ in Worley class action, shareholder says
A judge was too exacting in deciding the applicant in a shareholder class action against engineering services firm Worley suffered no loss from misleading guidance, an appeals court has heard.
In shareholder class action appeal, Worley argues judge ‘went off the rails’
A judge "went off the rails" in finding Worley liable for misleading or deceptive conduct, a lawyer for the engineering services company has said on the first day of an appeal in a shareholder class action.
Qantas has no responsibility to compensate illegally sacked ground crew, court told
Qantas argues it has “no legal responsibility” to compensate baggage handlers who, the High Court has found, the airline unlawfully sacked and replaced with contractors, partly to prevent them from engaging in industrial action.