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SMEC, Jacobs joined by Acciona to Hunter Valley bus crash class action
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-09-19 11:04 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Acciona has filed cross-claims against engineering firms SMEC and Jacobs Group after being joined to a class action over a deadly bus accident in NSW’s Hunter Valley.

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Pauline Hanson to fight credit findings in discrimination appeal
Appeals 2025-09-18 11:44 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

One Nation senator Pauline Hanson will dispute adverse credit findings made against her as part of her appeal of a judgment in a racial discrimination case by Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi.

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Jackpot for digital innovation as Full Court broadens test for what is patentable
Analysis 2025-09-17 11:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

It faced defeat at the Full Federal Court and encountered a deadlocked High Court, still Aristocrat persisted in its seven-year fight to get patent protection for the popular Lightning Link poker machine. The long game paid off.

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Judge sets aside $1.5M SOPA adjudication over lux Gold Coast development
Construction 2025-09-18 11:33 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has set aside an adjudicator’s decision that the head contractor for a luxury Gold Coast tower owes fitout company Starline $1.5 million, finding the subcontractor had obtained a District Court judgment over the same project.

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Regeneron, Bayer take fight over Eylea biosimilar to appeals court
Intellectual Property 2025-09-17 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Biotech Regeneron and drug company Bayer have wasted no time in challenging a decision that cleared the way for generic pharmaceutical manufacturer Sandoz to launch a version of top selling Eylea.

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Two barristers can grill witness in $30M Pact Group payout case
Contracts 2025-09-17 11:48 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Packing giant Pact Group, owned by billionaire Raphael Geminder, has won its bid to have two barristers cross-examine an expert for logistics and supply chain company TIC Group when their dispute over a $30 million earn out payment goes to trial in December.

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Super Retail Group CEO axed over alleged affair
Employment 2025-09-16 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Super Retail Group CEO Anthony Heraghty has been fired for inadequate disclosures about his affair with former HR head Jane Kelly, over a year after the retailer told investors an investigation found whistleblowers allegations about the affair were unsubstantiated.

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Court expands freeze over $158M in assets linked to Keystone collapse
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-09-16 11:27 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Keystone Asset Management liquidators have won expanded freezing orders to cover all property, bank accounts and luxury cars up to $158 million owned by developer Robert Filippini and related entities.

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Class action accuses Victoria of shortchanging senior Justice employees
Employment 2025-09-16 11:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action by the Community and Public Sector Union against Victoria alleges breaches of enterprise agreements that have left senior Justice Department employees without promised progression payments.

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Ruby Princess class action applicant wants $8M in costs from Carnival
Class Actions 2025-09-16 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The applicant in a class action over a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess is seeking an $8 million costs order against Carnival, after the cruise ship operator lost its challenge to a negligence finding.

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