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Property developer Mirvac has successfully challenged the land tax valuation of a North Sydney office block, securing a $6.25 million reduction following a conciliation conference with the Valuer General of NSW.

A witness in the Ben Roberts-Smith case threatened to sue Nine and journalist Nick McKenzie, the Full Court has learned, as the former soldier seeks to reopen his appeal following the release of a secret recording of a conversation between McKenzie and the witness.

Former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach, who is suing his former employer over its statements that he was disciplined for his dealings with Bruce Lehrmann, claims the comments cost him his job at Sky News.

Real estate investment firms Dexus and Ho-Group have convinced the valuer general of NSW to knock roughly $26 million off its initial valuation of a Sydney office sold by Ho-Group last year that was used in a land tax assessment. 

The funder that backed a failed shareholder class action against an ex-Quintis director and EY is fighting a bid for a third-party costs order, arguing such orders shouldn't be imposed on funders where there is no doubt they will pay up.

Nine journalist Nick McKenzie was pressed during cross-examination on Thursday in Ben Roberts-Smith's bid to re-open his defamation appeal on whether he has used deceptive methods or 'subterfuge' in his reporting.

Mayfield Development's competition case against NSW Ports over agreements to privatise two ports has made it to the High Court, with the developer pressing its argument that derivative Crown immunity did not apply to the port authority.

A court has allowed Ben Roberts-Smith to admit into evidence a secret recording of Nine journalist Nick McKenzie, as the former soldier makes a fresh bid to revive his failed defamation case.

Logistics company Qube wants the High Court to clarify the scope of an adjudicator's role in determining a contractor's payment claims under the SOP Act.

A former cryptocurrency boss who faces a criminal investigation by ASIC is on the hook for a $10.3 million Bitcoin payout to a former employee, a court has found.