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Perpetual loses bid for injunction against ex-senior advisor
Employment 2025-04-08 11:10 pm By Andy Sidler

Advisory firm Perpetual has lost its bid for an injunction against a former senior advisor after 22 of his long-time clients tried to follow him to a rival firm. 

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Lendlease loses Campbelltown land fight with Macarthur-Onslow family
Construction 2025-04-08 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

Lendlease has lost a lawsuit seeking to enforce a $120 million purchase agreement for five properties in Campbelltown, with a judge finding its failure to meet the conditions of sale for one key property meant the deal was off.

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AkzoNobel waived privilege over document audit log in suit over Ichthys LNG: court
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-04-08 3:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Paint maker AkzoNobel must produce a document history log that includes embedded comments from its lawyers at Clayton Utz, in a dispute over alleged defective coating used on the $45 billion Ichthys natural gas project.

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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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Clarke Energy can’t set aside $8.7M arbitration win for Territory Generation
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-04-04 11:19 pm By Andy Sidler

Power plant engineer Clarke Energy has lost a challenge to an arbitration win for NT energy provider Territory Generation for delays in construction work on two Alice Spring power facilities.

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JB Asset Management wins back funds from failed $395M development deal
Real Estate 2025-04-03 11:05 pm By Sam Matthews

JB Asset Management has clawed back $3 million from a scuttled real estate deal involving LBA Capital, almost a year after LBA’s director was jailed for fraud.

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ICAC launches probe into ex-CEO of School Infrastructure NSW
Public Corruption 2025-04-03 11:07 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption will conduct a public inquiry into whether former School Infrastructure NSW CEO Anthony Manning and others improperly awarded contracts and jobs to their friends. 

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Dexus tells appeals court judge erred in fight with Macquarie over $1.7B shopping centre
Real Estate 2025-03-31 3:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Dexus property fund has argued that a judge went the “wrong way” in deciding that it was forced to sell its 50 per cent stake in Sydney’s largest suburban shopping centre to Macquarie Retail. 

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Lendlease witnesses can’t give evidence remotely in fight with Macarthur-Onslow family
Construction 2025-03-28 11:40 pm By Sam Matthews

Lendlease has lost its bid to allow a key witness to give evidence by audio-visual link in its fight with a company owned by the Macarthur-Onslow family over a Campbelltown development.

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Adjudicator may have misconstrued SOPA, but court lets decision stand
Construction 2025-03-27 11:23 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has handed a win to a builder in a dispute with an RSL club, finding that even if an adjudicator wrongly construed a provision of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act, his decision could still stand.

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