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iProsperity exec owes $5.3M for misleading ZACD on funds for $300M hotel deal
Real Estate 2025-12-03 11:58 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

An iProsperity director must pay $5.3 million to ZACD for his conduct in convincing the Singapore-based real estate investment firm to cough up $37.5 million for its $300 million purchase of the AccorInvest hotels portfolio.

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Geocon wins appeal over excess GST on $115M property sales
Construction 2025-12-03 11:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Canberra developer Geocon has won a Full Court appeal over the GST payable on $115 million in sales from a 360-unit development, with the case sent back to a tribunal for final determination.

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Carlisle Homes scores win in dispute over Nexus Mulgrave lease
Real Estate 2025-12-03 11:59 pm By Andy Sidler

Carlisle Homes has prevailed on a preliminary question in a dispute with Nexus Office over alleged defects in a Nexus Mulgrave rental space, with an appeals court finding an expert had not properly determined the dispute. 

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Judge makes $5M penalty against Noumi available to class action
Class Actions 2025-12-02 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered that a $5 million penalty ASIC won against Noumi be made available for distribution to group members in a class action against the food giant, on top of a $43 million settlement. 

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Banksia group’s case against Arnold Bloch Leibler, partner dismissed
Class Actions 2025-12-01 11:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has dismissed by consent a case launched by a group of Banksia Securities investors against the law firm that acted for the funder of a scandal-ridden class action.

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Ex-Deloitte partner replaced for aspects of Mosaic liquidation
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-12-01 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Special purpose liquidators have been appointed to failed clothing retailer Mosaic Brands, after a judge found a reasonable apprehension of bias arising from liquidator Vaughan Strawbridge’s former link to Deloitte.

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Titan paints Pentana as villain to divert from ‘brazen’ copyright theft, trial told
Trials 2025-12-01 11:26 pm By Christine Caulfield

Car dealership software firm Pentana has accused competitor Titan of a “calculated, sustained and brazen” invasion of its rights, and argues cross-claims of misuse of market power are a distraction.

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Timber company loses fight with Valuer-General over $110M forest
Agriculture 2025-12-02 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

Grand Ridge Plantations has lost an appeal seeking to halve the official valuation of its Gippsland timber forest, with a court finding that the trees on the land must be included in its assessed value.

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Sun Pharma defeats appeal over Otsuka’s injectable Abilify patent
Intellectual Property 2025-12-01 2:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Full Federal Court has upheld a decision revoking Otsuka Pharmaceuticals’ patent extension for an injectable version of antipsychotic drug Abilify, finding the patent expired last year.

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James Hardie to fight shareholder class action’s ‘new case’
Securities 2025-12-01 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

James Hardie is fighting a bid to amend a shareholder class action over the building materials giant’s 2023 income forecasts, telling the court it doesn’t understand the “new case”.

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