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RAMS accuses class action of trying to ‘hijack’ ASIC case
Class Actions 2025-08-26 11:43 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Westpac’s defunct mortgage unit RAMS has accused a class action by former franchisees of attempting to “hijack” civil penalty proceedings by the corporate regulator by seeking to intervene in the case.

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Transport for NSW accuses contractor of multiplying delay costs in $63M claim
Construction 2025-08-27 11:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Transport for NSW has accused a former contractor of multiplying claims for delayed or disrupted work days by six or seven times in a $63 million dispute.

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Special Gold’s prospects in case against Dyldam payment intermediaries ‘manifestly weak’: judge
Construction 2025-08-27 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has hit Dyldam Developments’ former boss Sam Fayad and his two sons with costs after ordering them to pay $50 million in a case by the liquidator of a special purpose vehicle, but awarded costs to payment intermediaries for the liquidator’s “manifestly weak” case against them. 

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Court clarifies limits of compensation claims under Queensland’s land acqusition law
Appeals 2025-08-27 11:34 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A Queensland property owner whose Morton Bay land was slated to be acquired by the council can recover more than just legal costs under the state’s land acquisiton law, an appeals court has found.

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Builder Q Group defeats bid to enjoin lawyers
Construction 2025-08-27 11:59 pm By Sam Matthews

Builder Q Group has defeated an application to enjoin it from instructing a law firm which allegedly failed to make a claim on time, with a judge finding a lawyer’s alleged omission did not mean he had a “personal interest” in the outcome of the case.

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Lawyer wins appeal in disciplinary case over ‘no contact’ rule
Queensland 2025-08-27 11:12 pm By Sam Matthews

A tribunal has dismissed a disciplinary case brought against a Brisbane lawyer for allegedly breaking the ‘no contact’ rule and speaking with another lawyer’s client in a debt recovery proceeding.

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ICM fights class action’s bid to access ‘highly private’ info for opt-out notices
Class Actions 2025-08-26 11:29 pm By Sam Matthews

IC Markets is fighting a class action’s bid for “highly private and confidential” information about possible group members to craft personalised opt-out notices, arguing the information would be safer in the hands of a third-party mailing house than a plaintiff firm given increasing cyberattack risks. 

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ASIC takes Equity Trustees to court over Keystone’s defunct Shield fund
Financial Services 2025-08-26 1:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate regulator has brought its first action targeting a superannuation trustee as part of a wide-ranging investigation to claw back $480 million pumped into Keystone’s failed Shield Master Fund.

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Fonterra, Bega settle row over licences in wake of $3.8B sale to Lactalis
Intellectual Property 2025-08-26 2:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fonterra said Tuesday it had settled a dispute with Bega Cheese over the status of lucrative licence agreements as part of a $3.8 billion sale of its Australian business to French dairy company Lactalis.

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Uber did not conspire to take out TaxiApps, court says
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-08-25 11:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

TaxiApps, the operator of the GoCatch rideshare app, has failed to prove that Uber engaged in an unlawful conspiracy, despite a judge finding the rideshare giant intended to harm the defunct taxi app and “surreptitiously” obtained a confidential driver list. 

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