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Fight set over docs in revived strip search case against Qatar Airways
Aviation 2025-10-10 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

The applicants in a case over strip searches conducted of female passengers on a Qatar Airways flight at Doha Airport want the airline to produce any communications with other planes, and to do so by month’s end.

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Kew Rec Centre builder ‘particularly motivated’ to dodge guarantee after roof collapse, court told
Construction 2025-10-13 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Boroondara City Council has told a court that builder ADCO was “particularly motivated” to not provide a parent company guarantee under a $59 million contract to develop the Kew Recreation Centre after the roof of the building collapsed during the construction. 

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Prefab home builder takes owners to High Court after $500K judgment
Real Estate 2025-10-13 3:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A prefab home builder has filed an application with the High Court after it was ordered to pay $500,000 in damages for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct to convince a couple to vary their contract to allow the use of cladding they had previously rejected.

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Construction company UCBC wins spat over production notice in trade secrets case
Construction 2025-10-13 11:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Civil construction firm United Crib Blocks Construction has won a fight over a notice to produce in a case alleging a former employee has misused the company’s confidential information.

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Lander & Rogers appoints corporate partner from Clayton Utz
Corporate 2025-10-10 12:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

Lander & Rogers has recruited a contracting specialist from Clayton Utz for the law firm’s corporate practice in Canberra.

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High Court to hear ATO, Billabong founder’s appeals in $30M tax spat
Tax 2025-10-09 11:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

Billabong founder Gordon Merchant has won the ear of the High Court in his fight over what the ATO claims was a “wash sale” of his 10 million shares in the retailer, but the justices have also agreed to hear the tax office’s appeal.

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Pentana can’t withdraw admissions in misuse of market power case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-10-09 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has declined car dealer software supplier Pentana’s bid to withdraw admissions made over four years ago in a dispute with competitor Titan DMS.

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KWM’s head of competition named new ACCC commissioner
Business of Law 2025-10-09 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

After departing the ACCC 25 years ago for private practice, the national head of King & Wood Mallesons’ competition law group has won a five-year appointment as commissioner.

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Samsung Bioepis shoots down Janssen patent for ulcerative colitis biologic
Intellectual Property 2025-10-09 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Samsung Bioepis has successfully opposed Janssen’s bid to patent a monoclonal antibody to treat ulcerative colitis, but an IP Australia delegate has given the J&J-owned company a chance to fix its application.

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Court tosses fifth suit against Frasers over One Central Park planter boxes
Construction 2025-10-10 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Owners of apartments in Sydney’s One Central Park, who are embroiled in disputes with developer Frasers over defective planter boxes on the building’s façade, can’t get a court declaration to impact rectification works.

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