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Property investment firm ISPT challenges $10M stamp duty assessment
Tax 2025-03-20 11:37 pm By Andy Sidler

Property investment firm ISPT has lodged a challenge to a $10 million stamp duty tax assessment for two acquisitions made in 2022.

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Clough directors can’t lift lid on Forge liquidator’s evidence for examination
Construction 2025-03-20 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

Directors of engineering company Clough can’t set eyes on evidence in support of a successful examination bid by Forge’s liquidator, two months before trial in the liquidator’s insider trading case.

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Wilkinson’s failure to make settlement offer to Ten dooms referee costs bid
Media 2025-03-19 11:53 pm By Andy Sidler

After a spat over legal expenses in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case, and a final agreement to accept $1.15 million from Ten to cover the costs, presenter Lisa Wilkinson has lost her bid for more costs.

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Court OKs discontinuance of race discrimination class actions against NT
Class Actions 2025-03-19 5:13 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A court has approved the discontinuance of two class actions against the Northern Territory government over its alleged failure to properly fund essential health and interpreting services in remote Indigenous communities.

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GreenCollar founders face trial accused of diverting profits
Intellectual Property 2025-03-19 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

The founders of carbon credit provider GreenCollar are set to face trial in a case by a company seeking to claw back profits from a business opportunity it says was diverted to other entities in breach of fiduciary duties.

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Messaging apps widely used for government work: OAIC
Policy and Regulation 2025-03-19 11:22 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Australian Information Commissioner has found 16 government agencies have approved the use of messaging apps like Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp for government business. 

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Class action ruling shows a friendlier High Court, but not that friendly
Analysis 2025-03-18 11:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

Last week’s High Court ruling that a contingency fee order weighed against transferring a class action against KPMG shows the bench has changed in the five years since it held that the interests of justice aren’t concerned by whether a case can survive.

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Race car driver Max Twigg misled court, must compensate family, judge finds
Corporate 2025-03-18 11:35 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found Max Twigg must compensate his mother and several family companies after selling bonds traceable to misappropriated funds, saying he and his company “misled the court” by not disclosing the sale.

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CFMEU, Setka face potential class action over member ‘blacklist’
Class Actions 2025-03-18 11:19 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Canberra-based law firm is investigating a class action against the Victorian branch of the CFMEU’s construction division alleging the union blacklisted hundreds of members.

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Linktree hits back at pregnancy discrimination suit
Discrimination 2025-03-18 2:43 pm By Sam Matthews

‘Link in bio’ social media company Linktree has denied it discriminated against a former exec for her pregnancies, saying she was fired for unauthorised access to “a significant number of highly confidential and sensitive documents”.

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