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Group opposing Bucketty’s Brewery pub dodges bid for security
Construction 2025-09-23 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Bucketty’s Brewery has failed to convince the NSW Land and Environment Court to order security against a community group seeking to overturn a local council’s approval of the brewery’s plan to build a new pub and cafe.

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Court finds Argentina validly served in suit to enforce $24.3B judgment
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-22 10:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two minority shareholders in Argentina’s state-controlled oil company have won a dispute over service in their case seeking to enforce a $24.3 billion judgment awarded in a US court. 

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Optus alerted to triple zero outage hours before restoring service, CEO says
Telecommunications 2025-09-19 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Two Optus customers alerted the company to a triple zero outage , during which four people died, hours before the telecommunications provider restored the emergency service, CEO Stephen Rue has revealed.

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Class action against Murray Darling Authority can tweak case mid-trial
Trials 2025-09-19 11:08 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action alleging negligent management by the Murray Darling Basin Authority can amend their case four weeks into trial, with a judge finding the late application was not the result of a “deliberate forensic decision”.

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Cosmetic surgery class action doctors can’t cut accessorial liability claims
Class Actions 2025-09-19 11:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Four doctors named in a class action over cosmetic surgeries performed at Daniel Lanzer’s clinic in Sydney can’t dodge claims they are liable as accessories for alleged misleading social media ads. 

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Maurice Blackburn mulls expanding group in Hyundai, Kia class actions
Class Actions 2025-09-19 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Maurice Blackburn has proposed expanding the group definition in class actions against Hyundai and Kia over allegedly defective anti-lock braking systems after winning a carriage fight against a proceeding that included additional recalls in its group membership. 

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Lander & Rogers nabs technology expert from Clayton Utz
Business of Law 2025-09-19 11:59 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Lander & Rogers has hired a technology, data and intellectual property pro from Clayton Utz to join its team in Melbourne.

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Ratings house faces ASIC investigation over Keystone fund
Financial Services 2025-09-18 11:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC has confirmed it is investigating at least one ratings house which said Keystone’s failed Shield Master Fund was of ‘investment grade’, as the corporate watchdog seeks to claw back $480 million in investor funds. 

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ANZ conduct ‘remarkable’, judge says after ALAMMC director allegedly withdraws frozen funds
Construction 2025-09-22 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has ordered ANZ to explain itself after hearing the director of a Gold Coast property developer under investigation withdrew $112,000 from a bank account subject to freezing orders.

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Fairfield developer wins spat over $3M payment claim
Construction 2025-09-22 11:11 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A developer has won an injunction to stop a builder from enforcing an adjudication decision in a dispute over a $3 million payment claim, with a judge finding it would be an abuse of process to make the developer pay.

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