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McCabes solicitor can act against former friend, court says
Construction 2025-03-21 11:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has dismissed an application to restrain a Sydney solicitor from acting against his former friend in a dispute over a $3.25 million settlement deed in a dispute over their development business. 

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Who’s the ‘Mac’? Macquarie asks Federal Court to decide
Intellectual Property 2025-03-20 3:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Macquarie’s fight with a NSW credit union — which saw the bank’s ‘Macbank’ trade mark cancelled because, a delegate found, it had only been used colloquially — has landed in the Federal Court.   

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In shareholder class action appeal, Worley argues judge ‘went off the rails’
Appeals 2025-03-19 11:01 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge “went off the rails” in finding Worley liable for misleading or deceptive conduct, a lawyer for the engineering services company has said on the first day of an appeal in a shareholder class action.

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High Court asked to overturn landmark tax ruling
Tax 2025-03-19 4:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Tax Office has asked the High Court to reverse a landmark ruling that found an unpaid present entitlement to a corporate beneficiary is not a loan under tax law, a decision that affects $50 billion in trust distributions.

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Hall & Wilcox’s $19M bill under scrutiny by Hastie liquidators
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-03-20 11:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hall & Wilcox faces a second suit by Hastie Group’s liquidators, which calls for review of nearly $19 million in costs the law firm billed for advising the failed engineering company in litigation.

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Property investment firm ISPT challenges $10M stamp duty assessment
Tax 2025-03-20 11:37 pm By Andy Sidler

Property investment firm ISPT has lodged a challenge to a $10 million stamp duty tax assessment for two acquisitions made in 2022.

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Judge asks ex-Star GC if she made mistake in not advising board on Suncity
Trials 2025-03-18 11:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

On questioning by a judge, Star’s former top lawyer has denied making a mistake by failing to tell the board about issues with junket Suncity in May 2018, but said her view was different now with hindsight. 

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$3.7M error in Main Beach complex spat shows failure to consider evidence: court
Construction 2025-03-19 2:58 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has found a $3.7 million error by an adjudicator in a dispute over a $43 million payment claim for work on an apartment complex in Queensland’s Main Beach showed a failure to properly consider the evidence and submissions.

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Brittany Higgins’ former manager brings Fair Work case
Defamation 2025-03-18 12:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former chief of staff to senator Linda Reynolds has launched action against the Commonwealth after she became a key figure in Bruce Lehrmann’s civil trial over Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations. 

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Ex-Star GC tells court she had no independent reporting obligation to board
Trials 2025-03-17 11:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

During trial on Monday, ASIC also accused Star’s former top lawyer of giving false evidence about alleged cash for chip transactions in junket operator Suncity’s VIP room.

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