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CoreLogic can’t get more details in BCI’s data scraping case
Intellectual Property 2025-06-19 11:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

US-based analytics company CoreLogic has lost its bid for further particulars in building information provider BCI’s case alleging it scraped content from its LeadManager platform to improve a competing product and procure customers. 

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Judge bemoans ‘death by correspondence’ in NT public housing class action
Class Actions 2025-06-16 11:31 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has urged the Northern Territory public housing authority and a discrimination class action to seek the court’s assistance instead of resorting to lengthy correspondence as they “lock antlers” over discovery and factual matters. 

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$70M agreement for rezoned Mudgee greenfield site enforceable: court
Real Estate 2025-06-16 11:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Western Sydney developer must make good on an agreement to buy a rezoned greenfield site in regional NSW for $70 million and pay $2.2 million in interest, a judge has found. 

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Court dismisses ‘exaggerated’ height concerns on 5Point’s Gold Coast development
Construction 2025-06-12 11:40 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has confirmed that 5Point, the developer of a beach-front apartment complex in Palm Beach, can add an additional two storeys to the tower, finding that the region is becoming a medium density area which can visually accommodate high rise buildings.  Luxury developer 5Point was approved in October 2023 to begin construction on the…

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Parkview reaches settlement in Australia Towers cladding case
Construction 2025-06-05 11:44 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Parkview Constructions has reached a settlement in an owners corporation’s lawsuit over allegedly combustible cladding at the Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park.

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Trial in Australia Towers cladding case delayed as Parkview nears settlement
Construction 2025-06-04 11:15 pm By Sam Matthews

The owners corporation suing Parkview Construction over alleged combustible cladding at the Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park is “hopeful” of a settlement being reached, a court has heard on the eve of trial.

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Judge won’t let ACCC case against Spotless, Ventia get ‘totally unwieldy’
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-05-30 11:54 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge hearing the ACCC’s price-fixing case against Downer EDI’s Spotless and Ventia has proposed an initial hearing to determine if the companies are in competition, saying he won’t let the case become “totally unwieldy”.

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Nine not required to post defamation apology on homepage: court
Defamation 2025-05-30 12:15 am By Andy Sidler

A judge has found that Nine’s apology to the former owner of collapsed budget airfare company Bestjet over unsubstantiated claims made in a story about the company’s demise was sufficient to resolve their defamation dispute. 

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‘Enough’s enough’: Judge warns no more leeway in NewQuay building spat
Construction 2025-05-30 11:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

After 50 directions hearings, a long-running dispute between the owners of a 23-storey building in Docklands and insurer AAI will go to trial next year, a fed-up judge has said.

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Court won’t bless Strongroom AI’s sale ahead of creditors meeting
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-05-21 11:21 pm By Andy Sidler

Medtech start-up Strongroom AI has lost its bid for a court order blessing its proposal to sell the company to SRSPV Pty Ltd prior to a second creditors meeting.

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