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TransUrban pushes on with WestConnex bid despite ACCC delay
TransUrban on Monday submitted its bid for a 51 percent stake in the $16.8 billion WestConnex project being sold by the NSW Government, despite the ACCC's delay in signing off on the deal after expressing concerns it might hinder competition.
Ratepayers wipe out in challenge to 30-year lease for surf park
Ratepayers of a Perth suburb Meville have lost their challenge to a 30-year lease for the $25 million development of a surf park and recreational facility.
Judge stays Hyundai case over $7.9M arbitration award
A judge has stayed a case brought by Hyundai to enforce a $7.9 million arbitration award against Alfasi Steel related to the delayed construction of Sydney's International Conference Centre until a challenge to the award in Singapore's High Court concludes.
Hill & Smith files patent infringement case against company of former employees
UK-based building products giant Hill & Smith Holdings has launched a Federal Court case accusing an Australian company, whose directors are ex-employees, of selling road safety barriers that infringe one of its patents.
Carlisle Homes loses injunction bid in copyright case
A judge had denied home builder Carlisle Homes' bid for a temporary injunction in a case alleging rival home builder Resimax violated its copyright for residential homes designs, instead ordering that the case move swiftly to trial.
FWC shoots down appeal of union merger approval
Two employer groups have lost their appeal of a Fair Work Commission decision that signed off on the merger of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union with two other unions.
CFMMEU fined $142,000 for threatening contractors
The CFMMEU has been ordered to pay $142,000 in penalties after the Federal Court found the union had aborted an elaborate construction procedure in Melbourne and threatened four contractors if they continued to work onsite.
Ex-Titan head must provide evidence in insulation class action
A judge has ruled the former head of Titan Industries must provide evidence in the class action trial over the Rudd Government's cancellation of a program that subsidised home insulation installations, saying there was no proof his testimony could be used to bring a criminal case or reopen a coronial inquest into the death of a Titan contractor.
Government gets ok to amend defence mid-trial in home insulation class action
The government has won court approval to amend its defence mid-trial in a class action brought by businesses alleging they were harmed when the Rudd Government cancelled a program that subsidised home insulation installations during the economic downturn. 
Home builder can’t keep customers from posting negative reviews online
The ACCC has won an agreement from home builder Wisdom Properties to remove a non-disparagement clause from its standard home building agreement after the regulator said the clause likely violates the Australian Consumer Law.