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Shangri-La director strictly liable in Victoria’s combustible cladding suit
Construction 2025-11-13 11:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

The director of collapsed Shangri-La Construction is personally liable for the $3.2 million in costs of rectification work on external cladding at an apartment complex in southeast Melbourne, a judge has found.

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Mining tech firm’s light tower invention not new or innovative: court
Intellectual Property 2025-11-12 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mining equipment supplier Southern Cross Industrial has lost its suit alleging an industrial lighting manufacturer infringed its patent for a portable light tower, with a judge finding the patent invalid.

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Russia loses High Court fight over embassy lease termination
Real Estate 2025-11-12 3:20 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Russia has lost its High Court challenge to the federal government’s decision to terminate its lease on a site where it intended to build a new embassy in Canberra, but the court found the Commonwealth must pay the country reasonable compensation. 

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‘Deliberate bad faith’ conduct by buyer of $26M Rose Bay villa, trial told
Trials 2025-11-12 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

After selling his $26 million Rose Bay mansion to AsheMorgan principal Michael Rothner in 2023, options trader David Waterhouse has levied allegations of “deliberate bad faith conduct”, on the first day of trial in a case over the mysterious removal of trees on a neighbouring property.

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ASIC accuses WA mineral exploration company of disclosure breaches
ASIC 2025-11-11 5:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

ASIC has filed proceedings against mineral exploration company AVZ Minerals and two of its directors, alleging the company failed to disclose a critical legal dispute, including a forgery claim, relating to a $32 million lithium mine deal.

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Veolia to pay $1M after admitting landfill odour breaches
Environment 2025-11-12 2:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Waste management firm Veolia has agreed to pay $1 million after admitting that it failed to use required odour source controls for its landfill site in Hampton Park, Victoria.

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$200M Cudlee Creek bushfire class action goes to trial after partial settlement
Class Actions 2025-11-10 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action on behalf of thousands of victims of the December 2019 Cudlee Creek bushfire has reached a confidential settlement with two individuals, while claims worth $200 million against SA Power Networks have proceeded to trial. 

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Loss of affordable housing ‘not fatal’ to Annandale development: court
Thomson Geer 2025-11-11 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Sydney developer has won a dispute with the Inner West Council over its Annandale housing project application, despite a court finding it would cause a loss of affordable housing. 

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Billboard company Manboom loses trespass case against Jemena Gas
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-11-11 11:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Billboard company Manboom has suffered a loss in its case against Jemena Gas alleging the presence of underground gas infrastructure at a site in Mascot, NSW that supplies gas to 1.6 million customers amounts to trespassing.

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Skycity can’t shut down case alleging discrimination against new dad
Employment 2025-11-10 1:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

SkyCity has lost its bid to dismiss a claim by a former employee who alleges he was discriminated against because he was a parent of a newborn child and dismissed because he made whistleblower reports. 

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