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Denman Prospect shopping centre owner locked in fight with tenants over biz sale
Real Estate 2025-04-07 11:58 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A unit of Capital Property Group, which owns the Denman Prospect shopping centre in Canberra, has won its bid for subpoenas from lease holders that are fighting its opposition to their plans to sell their businesses.

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Alex Greenwich loses bid for indemnity costs from Mark Latham
Defamation 2025-04-04 3:17 pm By Andy Sidler

MP Alex Greenwich has lost his bid for indemnity costs from ex-NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham, with a judge finding it was not unreasonable for Latham to reject a $20,000 offer to settle the defamation suit.

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Thomson Geer picks up Hogan Lovells life sciences team
Business of Law 2025-04-04 11:57 am By Julia Kanapathippillai

A life sciences and regulatory expert and her team have joined Thomson Geer following the shuttering of Hogan Lovells’ Australian practice.

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Judge won’t toss claims in Fitch Ratings class action
Class Actions 2025-04-03 4:07 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Fitch Ratings has lost its bid for summary dismissal of claims in a class action over allegedly rosy ratings for risky derivative financial products issued 17 years ago on the basis that they are time-barred.

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Developer Mayfield loses appeal in competition case over NSW Ports deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-04-03 10:31 am By Christine Caulfield

An appeals court has dismissed a competition case by Mayfield Development against NSW Ports over agreements to privatise two ports, finding that derivative Crown immunity applied to the port authority.

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ATO, PepsiCo face off in High Court fight over royalty withholding tax
Tax 2025-04-03 11:03 pm By Andy Sidler

Payments by bottler Schweppes Australia to US drink giant PepsiCo should be assessed as royalty income under tax law, the ATO has told the High Court in a high-stakes case.

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GM moves to strike out class action’s ‘circular’ pleading
Class Actions 2025-04-03 4:49 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has said he is satisfied that GM’s concerns about a class action’s “circular” explanation of alleged design flaws in certain Holden vehicles are “not trivial”. 

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Maurice Blackburn reaches pay deal with unionised employees
Business of Law 2025-04-03 11:57 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Maurice Blackburn has reached a pay deal with unionised staff after a heated year-long standoff, which included staff being locked out of work last month.

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Owners of lux waterfront Northbridge home can’t dodge invoices by builder
Construction 2025-04-04 11:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

The owners of a luxury property in Sydney’s Northbridge owe the home’s high-end builder payment of oustanding invoices, after a judge rejected as “absurd” the couple’s construction of a special condition in their contract.

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AIA hits architect, builder with cross-claims in cladding class action
Construction 2025-04-04 2:53 pm By Andy Sidler

Insurer AIA, fresh off losing a bid to be severed from a class action over alleged combustible cladding installed in two high-rise towers in a Sydney suburb, has lobbed cross-claims at the towers’ architect and builder. 

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