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Previewing Monday's closing arguments in its legal tussle with the operator of Melbourne Airport, co-owner Dexus says it won't deny a long-term model given to potential share purchasers was confidential. But here's the kicker -- the disclosure didn't run afoul of its shareholder agreement, it says.

The former lawyer for Broken Hill Council, who was ordered to return over $2 million in unauthorised fees, has been socked with a $1 million order for indemnity costs for “exceptional” conduct in a case over his firm's rates.

Cairns Airport has failed to convince a judge to split off the hearing of a counterclaim and set-off defence in its unpaid licence fee case against Ampol and Viva Energy. 

The start-up behind Hungry Jack's plant-based 'Rebel Whopper' has won court approval to patent a fake meat product after an opponent didn't participate in its appeal of an IP Australia ruling that held the patent lacked inventive step.

T Corp's representative on the board of Melbourne Airport operator APAC said Thursday he voted to issue a notice of default to shareholder Dexus in part because the real estate asset manager "appeared to prefer its own interests".

The NSW Court of Appeal has struck down a law passed in the wake of the Bondi massacre that barred protest after a terrorist incident, finding it unconstitutional.

A contradictor has recommended the court trim $3 million from a funder's cut of a $67 million settlement in a class action against QSuper, saying the court should not allow 'double dipping' given the funder was shielded from some risk by ATE insurance. 

A judge has bawled out lawyers in a case against water treatment firm Phoslock and auditor KPMG for putting forward a High Court ruling for the mistaken proposition that he had power to make the class closure order sought.

A judge has ordered financier MaxCap to hand over certificates of title for property associated with collapsed developer APH Holding's $320 million Wellington Health precinct in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill.

The firm behind a class action over remote housing in the Northern Territory has appealed a decision rejecting its bid to undo orders on the scope of the initial trial, after the judge disregarded submissions by a class action solicitor that "affronted" her.