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‘Recipe for disaster’: Judge wrangles cases over $55M Port Botany defects claim
A judge has said that a series of cases stemming from a $55 million defects claim over the Port Botany Enfield Intermodal Logistics Centre need to be "case managed with an iron fist".
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Developer gets another shot at demolishing Paddington boarding house
A Sydney developer has successfully challenged a decision which rejected its plans to demolish a 32-room boarding house for the construction of four luxury residences in Paddington, with a judge calling the decision "personal and idiosyncratic".
Gillis Delaney dodges third-party costs bid in IP dispute
Law firm Gillis Delaney has defeated a bid for third-party costs by a warehouse management software company that was named in an intellectual property dispute, with a judge rejecting claims the firm was not authorised to act and acted unreasonably. 
Phoslock class action doesn’t have to bear costs from competing case
A judge has found a shareholder class action against water treatment company Phoslock and auditor KPMG should not bear the costs incurred by a competing case for preliminary discovery.
Icon forced into arbitration with ANSTO over $27M waste facility at Lucas Heights
A judge has shut down a case by Icon against Australia's nuclear agency over the $27 million construction of a waste treatment plant at Lucas Heights, saying the dispute should be determined by an arbitrator despite the parties waiving pre-arbitration steps.