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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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ASIC should have known TerraCom case had no chance of success: judge
ASIC 2025-07-04 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has said ASIC should have known that its case against four TerraCom directors over statements made to investors had no prospects of success, calling one of its submissions “unworthy of the corporations regulator”.

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Court finds bar on anti-competitive contracts doesn’t apply to land
Construction 2025-07-07 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge hearing a dispute over a lot in Victoria’s Merrifield Business Park has found that the Competition and Consumer Act’s bar on contracts that substantially lessen competition does not apply to a market in land.

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Court hears of accounts ‘oddities’ as trial against Dyldam directors begins
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-07-07 11:23 pm By Andy Sidler

A liquidator has opened his case over the alleged misuse of funds by now defunct Dyldam Developments, as the court hears of “oddities” in financial records and the spaghetti-like structure of 157 interrelated entities.

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Judge ‘nervous’ about damages notice to Isuzu class action members
Class Actions 2025-07-04 2:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has expressed his nervousness about a proposed notice to group members in a class action against Isuzu that warns them they may lose an entitlement to damages if they sell their alleged defective vehicles. 

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Judge vacates trial date in data scraping case against CoreLogic
Intellectual Property 2025-07-04 11:54 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has vacated an upcoming trial date in a data scraping case against US-based CoreLogic to allow the analytics company more time to respond to a “weighty” report by a forensic accountant.

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Maybe happy ending for EY after mass defection of tax team to Alvarez & Marsal
Tax 2025-07-03 11:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

Likening its position to the “Goldilocks zone”, EY has secured documents from rival Alvarez & Marsal as it weighs potential litigation over the mass departure of partners and staff from its international tax practice.

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