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Roberts Co warns of industry-wide harms from after-hours claim ruling
Construction 2025-07-09 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Roberts Co is fighting a finding that a $3.2 million payment claim served after-hours on a Friday by subcontractor Sharvain Facades was valid, arguing that voiding contractual provisions has broad consequences for the construction industry. 

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Judge mulls costs against solicitors who ran up hefty bill in builder’s suit
Construction 2025-07-09 11:02 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has ordered solicitors in a residential building spat to explain why costs orders should not be made against them, after they racked up sizeable fees for what she described as a small and simple dispute.

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Aristocrat can’t get gambling disorder info from class action members
Class Actions 2025-07-08 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

Aristocrat has lost its bid to question class action members about whether they have a gambling problem ahead of mediation, with a judge saying it called for “self-diagnosis” and would not yield reliable results.

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Judge wrong in case over insurer’s pre-existing condition term: ASIC
Insurance 2025-07-08 11:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate regulator has appealed a Federal Court decision that rejected part of its case against HCF Life Insurance over a pre-existing condition term in its policies that was found to be misleading but not unfair.

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In ANZ class action, court approves third settlement GCO without altering rate
Class Actions 2025-07-07 11:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In the third decision approving an unaltered group costs order at the resolution of a class action, a judge has OK’d an $85 million settlement by ANZ, representing a $21 million payday for Maurice Blackburn.

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Judge OKs Banksia receiver’s $10M deal with Mark Elliott estate, notes perversity of trust law
Class Actions 2025-07-07 11:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has given the greenlight to a $10 million settlement with entities linked to late solicitor and Banksia class action mastermind Mark Elliott, noting the “perverse” difficulty of recovering more of the $70 million in assets held on trust.

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Court OKs mid-trial climate report in fight over Whitehaven mine
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-07-08 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

Two conservation groups opposing Whitehaven Coal’s Winchester South coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin have won court approval to adduce late expert evidence on possible climate scenarios.

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SK Developments wins freezing orders against builder
Construction 2025-07-08 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Melbourne developer SK Developments has won freezing orders against a builder, with a judge finding there was a danger that a $1.98 million judgment could be avoided. 

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Law firm dodges personal costs despite ‘unsatisfactory approach’ to orders in discrimination case
Discrimination 2025-07-07 11:23 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has stopped short of making costs orders against a law firm despite finding it was responsible for delays in a workplace discrimination suit.

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Public court lists not ‘free for all’, tribunal says in privacy loss for publisher
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-07 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

A tribunal has found a company that scrapes court databases broke privacy laws by failing to remove a litigant’s name after charges against her were dropped, saying the public nature of court lists doesn’t make republication a “free for all”.

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