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Ashurst’s failure to register client’s $51M interest over Infinity pharmacies an ‘oversight’: court
A junior Ashurst lawyer's failure to register a drug wholesaler's $51 million security interest over a group of Infinity pharmacies was inadvertent, a judge has found in granting a bid to extend the deadline for registration.
Magnis Energy misses deadline in ASIC’s battery plant disclosure case
Magnis Energy Technologies has missed the deadline to file its evidence in ASIC proceedings over allegedly misleading disclosures about its lithium ion battery plant, with a court hearing the company's new lawyers have not had a chance to brief counsel. 
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Salta sells off 50% stake in Melbourne’s Preston Market to Medlich
Property group Salta has shed its 50 per cent interest in Preston Market to long-standing co-owner Medlich as part of a strategy to expand its build-to-rent business.
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Builder has no separate right to compensation for Brisbane rail land grab, court says
A Queensland construction company that bought land following its resumption by a state government agency is not entitled to be compensated for the land grab, a court has found.
Former Labor MP, now workplace umpire not DQ’d from ‘same pay’ cases: court
A judge has dismissed a bid by a group of labour hire companies to disqualify former Labor MP now Fair Work Commission deputy president Terri Butler from same job, same pay cases for apprehended bias.
ASIC holds no ‘special position’ when it comes to indemnity costs for doomed cases: judge
The corporate regulator should not be immune from the risk of special costs for actions doomed to fail, says a judge who flayed ASIC last month for bringing a case against TerraCom directors it should have known was a dud.
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Gateway Capital scoops up Sydney warehouse from Blackstone for $800M industrial portfolio
Gateway Capital has acquired a warehouse in Sydney's Eastern Creek from private equity firm Blackstone for $75 million as part its plan to build a $800 million industrial and logistics portfolio.
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NSW Port Authority can shield cabinet docs in $300M suit over Glebe Island deal
The Port Authority of NSW has won its claim for public interest immunity over six cabinet documents in a suit by a defunct sand importer over a lease agreement for a mulit-user facility at Glebe Island, with a judge finding they had little forensic value.
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Court declines to order security in SOPA spat over $5.3M apartment project
A judge has declined to order security in developer Gilridge Investments’ payment claim fight with Diamond Builders over a $5.3 million apartment project, saying the builder failed to show the penniless developer would not be able to cover its costs after completing the troubled project.
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Enviro group attacks Tamboran’s ‘gut feeling’ risk assessment of Beetaloo Basin fracking
Environmental activists seeking to block Tamboran’s gas exploration project in the Northern Territory have criticised the natural gas company's water contamination risk assessment, telling a court it was based on a “gut feeling”.