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‘Enough’s enough’: Judge warns no more leeway in NewQuay building spat
Construction 2025-05-30 11:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

After 50 directions hearings, a long-running dispute between the owners of a 23-storey building in Docklands and insurer AAI will go to trial next year, a fed-up judge has said.

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Co-ed a go, court says in win for Sydney’s prestigious Newington College
Education 2025-05-29 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A legal challenge over a Sydney private school’s plans to go co-ed has been dismissed, with a judge ruling the word “youth” in the school’s 150-year old founding document had a gender neutral meaning.

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Brazilian nickel mine shareholders win appeal in $78M sale dispute
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-05-30 11:32 pm By Andy Sidler

Two Australian companies who held all the shares in Mirabela Mineração do Brasil’s main asset, the Santa Rita Mine, have successfully argued that a contract variation and their subsequent termination of the sale contract was lawful, in spite of their Brazilian counterparts’ late signature. 

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Toyota says emissions cheat class action claims are out of time
Class Actions 2025-05-29 11:48 pm By Sam Matthews

Toyota has hit back at claims against its newly joined Japanese parent company in a class action over alleged emission cheat devices, saying the bulk of the claims are statute barred.

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ACCC has concerns about $475M merger of rural retailers Elders, Delta
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-05-29 11:08 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The ACCC has raised concerns about the proposed acquisition by ASX-listed Elders of Delta Agribusiness, saying it could reduce competition in agriculture products.

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Thermomix cops $80,000 penalty for NDIS claims
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-05-29 11:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

Thermomix has paid $79,200 in penalties after being served with four infringement notices over ads claiming two appliances got the National Disability and Insurance Scheme tick.

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Judge questions ‘problematic’ difference in preeminent class action firms’ rates
Settlement 2025-05-28 11:32 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has balked at Maurice Blackburn’s hourly rates in a jointly run class action against Treasury Wine Estates, questioning why the firm charged 20 per cent more than fellow preeminent class action firm Slater & Gordon. 

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Too late for Lendlease to run new argument in $120M Campbelltown land feud
Real Estate 2025-05-29 11:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Lendlease can’t bring new claims in an unsuccessful fight over Campbelltown plots worth $120 million, with a judge finding it was not appropriate to allow the amendments “at this very late stage”.

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Sydney law firm must pay $427,000 in negligence suit over land sale
Real Estate 2025-05-29 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered a Sydney law firm to pay $427,000 to a former client after finding it drafted a defective notice in a land sale and defended proceedings that came about because of its own negligence.

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REA Group probe confirmed by competition watchdog
Real Estate 2025-05-29 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

The ACCC has confirmed it is investigating real estate listings giant REA Group, saying it was concerned to ensure “strong competition” in the real estate industry.

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