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Major win for Lendlease, Multiplex in $68M case by Hastie liquidators
Lendlease and other major builders have secured a significant victory in a long-running case brought by the liquidators of failed engineering company Hastie Group, with a judge saying Hastie wasn't entitled to the proceeds of bank guarantees withdrawn by the builders when it collapsed 10 years ago.
Silk asked to appear in video opt-out notice to confused members in Aveo class action
A judge has declined to approve an amended opt-out notice featuring a video from a silk further explaining a "confusing" opt-out notice sent to group members in a class action against retirement home provider Aveo Group that has led to 400 opt-outs.
Aveo class action members facing novel funding order protected by court, judge says
A judge has approved an opt-out notice in a class action against retirement home provider Aveo Group that advises of a proposed application for a controversial funding order that would put a lien on some group members homes.
‘If they were my clients I’d advise them to opt out’, barrister tells Aveo class action judge
The first ever amicus appointed in a fight over the wording of an opt out notice in a class action has told a court a proposed novel funding model in a case against retirement home provider Aveo Group could be a "nightmare scenario" for certain group members.
Judge approves Blackstone’s takeover of Crown Resorts
A judge has given his approval to the takeover of Crown Resorts by US private equity group Blackstone.
Aveo class action judge appoints first-ever amicus in fight over opt-out notice
A judge overseeing a class action against retirement home provider Aveo Group has appointed an amicus curiae for what is believed to be the first time to assist the court in a fight over the wording of an opt out notice describing a “novel” funding model. 
Aveo slams ‘extraordinary’ and ‘unprecedented’ funding order in class action
A foreshadowed application for a funding order in a class action that would put a lien on some group members’ homes was “entirely unprecedented and without jurisprudential basis”, retirement home provider Aveo Group has said.
Aveo says class action opt out notice would ‘scare’ elderly people
Retirement home provider Aveo Group has opposed a proposed opt out notice that it says would "scare" elderly people by warning the funder that's backing a class action against it may seek an "unprecedented" order against certain unfunded group members.
Babcock & Brown shareholders lose bid for re-trial over judge’s ‘pernicious’ delay
The High Court has rejected a bid by shareholders of collapsed investment advisory firm Babcock & Brown for special leave to seek a re-trial of their cases alleging disclosure breaches because of the trial judge's “excessive" three-year delay in delivering judgment.
Nurofen maker Reckitt-Benckiser loses High Court appeal bid in Maxigesic feud
The High Court has rejected a special leave application by consumer goods giant Reckitt-Benckiser in its long-running battle with the maker of painkiller Maxigesic.