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Owners corporation loses bid to set aside Mercon DOCA
Construction 2025-12-23 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has refused to set aside a deed of company arrangement passed by creditors of construction company Mercon, finding that the owners corporation of a 33-unit development has not proved the value of its $4.2 million claim. 

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Abbey appeals failure in bid to invalidate patent for antiparasitic drug
Intellectual Property 2025-10-08 11:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Abbey Animal Health has appealed its loss in a suit seeking to invalidate rival Virbac’s patent for an antiparasitic drug.

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Abbey in ‘pyrrhic victory’ against Virbac over antiparasitic drug patent
Intellectual Property 2025-09-25 2:17 pm By Sam Matthews

Abbey Animal Health has managed only a “pyrrhic victory” in a patent case against rival Virbac over an antiparasitic drug, and must withdraw its Levamox Duo product from the market, a court has found.

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Dyldam directors on hook for $50M in case over alleged misuse of funds
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-07-22 10:49 am By Cindy Cameronne

Dyldam Developments’ former boss Sam Fayad and his two sons have been ordered to pay over $50 million in a case by the liquidator of a special purpose vehicle claiming company funds were misused.

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Court hears of accounts ‘oddities’ as trial against Dyldam directors begins
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-07-07 11:23 pm By Andy Sidler

A liquidator has opened his case over the alleged misuse of funds by now defunct Dyldam Developments, as the court hears of “oddities” in financial records and the spaghetti-like structure of 157 interrelated entities.

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White & Case nabs Bird & Bird IP partner
Business of Law 2025-06-19 11:08 pm By Andy Sidler

White & Case has snapped up an IT and IP expert from Bird & Bird, citing the increasing need for technological expertise in M&A and private equity transactions. 

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Dyldam hits back at claims it misused $74M from sale of Parramatta property
Construction 2025-05-14 11:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Collapsed Sydney developer Dyldam has denied wrongdoing in a lawsuit alleging members of the Fayad family used $74 million in sale proceeds for personal benefit and sought to conceal that fact from business partners.

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Barrister’s counsel to be paid amid fight with solicitor in cavoodle case
Defamation 2025-03-17 11:54 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Counsel who appeared for barrister Gina Edwards during her successful defamation trial against Nine will be paid over $668,000 amid a fight with her solicitors over fees.

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Barrister fights order quarantining costs in spat with solicitors Giles George
Defamation 2025-03-06 11:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

A barrister who won her defamation case over A Current Affairs’ reporting on a cavoodle custody battle is challenging an order in favour of her former solicitors over contested costs.

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Giles George has good case for lien over costs in barrister’s case: judge
Defamation 2025-02-27 2:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Defamation boutique Giles George has a “good arguable case” that it has a solicitor’s lien over costs payable by Nine in a defamation case by barrister Gina Edwards over social media cavoodle Oscar. 

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