Industries

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.

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.

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

The corporate watchdog has brought proceedings against the former director of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange platform Blockchain Global for alleged violations of his directors duties. 

In a court fight between engineering firm Clough and its former joint venture partner Elecnor, a judge has questioned Elecnor’s “extremely inconvenient” bid to send Clough’s $54 million cross-claim to arbitration in Singapore.

Coal producer TerraCom has been joined to a lawsuit brought by Korean Midland Power against a unit testing lab ALS Limited over allegedly exaggerated coal testing results. 

Cladding maker 3A Composites has lost its bid to set aside a cross-claim in a suit against the builder of the Tempo residential towers in Botany Bay over allegedly flammable aluminium composite panels.

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. 

Surfers Paradise's Cavill Lane retail precinct has been sold for $31 million to investment management companies Boston Global and The Property Factory.

The Beach Hotel in Byron Bay has reportedly changed hands for $140 million -- the second highest price paid for an Australian pub.