Industries

A consortium of Brookfield Property and GIC Investments has moved to acquire National Storage REIT, making an offer that values the self-storage investor at $4 billion.

Sportsbet has launched a cross-claim in a class action alleging it provided unlawful in-play betting services, arguing that users of the contentious service should have to pay back their winnings if the lawsuit succeeds. 

The trademarks office has knocked back Naked Wines' opposition to an Adelaide winemaker’s Nearly Naked trademark, finding that the popular wine retailer had failed to substantiate its reputation in the industry.

Real estate asset manager Dexus has won access to advice given by the lawyers of two shareholders of airport operator APAC over an alleged breach of a shareholder deed. 

A judge has handed Shinetec a win in its dispute with the developer of a scuttled $185 million project in Sydney, finding that $48 million owed by the builder to its parent company after the developer called on a letter of credit fell within the definition of ‘secured money’.

Property developer and former director of collapsed Keystone Asset Manager Paul Chiodo is appealing the rejection by liquidators of a $9 million proof of debt.

An appeals court has confirmed that mining companies AngloGold and IGO Limited did not need to renegotiate native title approvals when they consolidated 31 existing mining leases into a single lease. 

After losing a fight over access to millions of seized documents, Fortescue has settled its trade secrets case against green iron company Element Zero.

A court has upheld the $63.8 million valuation of an inner-Sydney high-rise, rejecting Meriton's argument that it should be reduced to $52 million because of its isolation from public transport.

Chinese video game giant Tencent can amend a bid to register its Arena Breakout videogame trade marks, after IP Australia found only minimal overlap with Foxtel’s ‘Arena’ brand.