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‘Spectacular waste of time’: REST class action resists soft class closure
A class action against REST Super has opposed a bid for 'soft' class closure, arguing that registration numbers will provide very little information about the group at this stage.
Amazon denies accessorial liability in ACCC’s Prime ad suit
Amazon US has denied that it has accessorial liability in an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's suit over alleged unfair contract terms in Prime Video subscription contracts used to introduce advertising to its streaming service. 
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‘Material deficiency’ in decision to block McPhillamy’s mine: judge
In reasons for siding with a Regis Resources unit, a judge has found former environment minister Tanya Plibersek lacked authority to declare part of the McPhillamys gold mine heritage protected after she received new information about a "central and material" Dreaming story. 
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Stellar boss not bound by acquiescence to Sorrento easement, High Court hears
A co-founder of collapsed property development group Steller has argued in the High Court it is unfair to bind him to a previous owner’s acquiescence to the use of a driveway by his prominent Mornington Peninsula neighbour.
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Activists lose doc bid in case over Woodside’s North West Shelf extension
A judge has refused an activist group’s bid for documents that it says were constructively before the former Western Australia environment minister when he approved a 40-year extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf. 
AstraZeneca argues Pharmacor’s IP case lacks common sense
AstraZeneca has attacked generic drugmaker Pharmacor’s challenge to a patent extension for its diabetes drug Forxiga, telling a judge that it hinges on the false notion that the protected IP is limited to a single molecule. 
Phoslock, KPMG class action trial pushed out to allow amendments
Trial in a shareholder class action against water treatment firm Phoslock and auditor KPMG could be held as late as February 2028 after the plaintiffs flagged plans to tweak their case.
ASIC can’t block Ryzon Materials’ ‘hypothetical’ transaction
A judge has refused to make an injunction sought by ASIC against Ryzon Materials, finding the regulator is not entitled to constrain a "hypothetical" transaction while it awaits judgment in its case over the company's battery plant representations. 
Judge allows Glenmore Park class action to drop stigmatisation claims
A judge has approved a bid to drop claims on behalf of 340 property owners in a class action against Sydney developer Mulpha over a 683-lot development in Glenmore Park. 
JB Hi-Fi lawyer says ‘unlikely’ ACL would provide same cover as warranties
A JB Hi-Fi in-house counsel has told a class action trial that it was unlikely the Australian Consumer Law provided the same protection as was offered in warranties the company sold to customers.