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Crypto promoters clash over who owns Bitcoin Cash trade mark
Intellectual Property 2025-07-14 11:09 am By Julia Kanapathippillai

Two proponents of Bitcoin Cash have battled before IP Australia over the trade mark ‘Bitcoin Cash City’, with one claiming he coined it in a text message in 2019.

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Construction company fights new creditor on winding up application
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-07-15 11:48 pm By Sam Matthews

A Victorian construction company is fighting a bid by a creditor it says should not be allowed to “come out of the woodwork” and take over the winding up application of a company that has since been deregistered.

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Judge grills lawyer about lengthy delays in $1.2M Park Vue litigation
Real Estate 2025-07-15 11:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A Federal Court judge has grilled a lawyer representing an investor that is suing the developers of a Melbourne apartment block over his client’s failure to file evidence for 18 months.

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GM loses bid to strike out Holden transmission defects class action
Class Actions 2025-07-11 11:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

GM can’t strike out a class action over alleged faulty transmissions in Holden cars, with a judge saying the case doesn’t need to identify the “precise mechanical, metallurgical or engineering explanation” for alleged defects.

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$750M climate class action against Murray Darling Basin Authority heads to trial
Class Actions 2025-07-11 11:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A long-running class action against the Murray Darling Basin Authority over alleged negligent water management, including the failure to consider the impacts of climate change, will head to trial next month, just weeks after the court issues judgment in another closely watched climate class action. 

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Acciona, AECOM added to Hunter Valley bus crash class action
Class Actions 2025-07-11 11:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Builder Acciona and consultant AECOM have been named as defendants in a class action on behalf of families of victims of a bus accident in Hunter Valley, NSW, facing allegations they were responsible for the construction and certification of the interchange where it occurred. 

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‘Corporate puffery’: Enviro group attacks Woodside plan for $16.5B Scarborough project
Sophie Molyneux 2025-07-14 11:05 pm By Andy Sidler

Environmental group Doctors for the Environment has slammed Woodside claim that its $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project will have a “de minimus” environmental impact and argues the company’s plan does not allow the regulator to assess its real impact. 

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PE fund Goldstone appeals ruling on unfair sacking of director
Appeals 2025-07-11 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A private equity fund is challenging a ruling that it acted in an “oppressive” and “unfairly prejudicial” way towards its managing director, who a judge found was invalidly sacked for standing in the way of a deal with her business partner’s son. 

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Hyde Park developer, RSL settle $95M payment dispute
Construction 2025-07-14 2:39 pm By Andy Sidler

The prospective developer of the Hyde Park Inn in Sydney has dropped its appeal of a decision which disallowed it from delaying a $95 million payment to the NSW Returned Service League.

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Full Court asked to rule on reasonableness of financial advisors’ non-competes
Appeals 2025-07-11 11:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two former employees of financial services firm Monarch Advisory have appealed a ruling that awarded their former employer $270,000 in damages after they were found to have breached a non-compete agreement.

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