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Mayne says it’s not on hook for break fee over failed Cosette merger
Healthcare 2025-12-11 2:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mayne Pharma says it, and not US drug maker Cosette, has terminated their $672 merger agreement and that it is therefore not on the hook for a break fee.

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Bupa must pay $35M in unconscionable conduct case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-12-11 11:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has slapped private health insurer Bupa with a $35 million penalty after it admitted to misleading thousands of customers about their benefits for over five years.

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Judge who delivered 5-hour livestream verdict in Dawson trial farewelled
Courts 2025-12-11 11:56 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The NSW Supreme Court judge who found former rugby league player and teacher Chris Dawson guilty of murdering his wife has retired from the bench.

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High Court sides with Bed Bath ‘N’ Table, says Full Court ‘conflated’ TM, consumer laws
Intellectual Property 2025-12-10 11:25 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has unanimously granted home retailer Bed Bath N’ Table’s appeal of a ruling that retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.

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Detention class action wants case revived, says High Court ruling misunderstood
Class Actions 2025-12-10 11:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The applicant in an immigration detention class action that was discontinued four years ago wants to revive the proceedings, arguing the solicitors and the court misunderstood a High Court decision as dooming the case. 

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7-Eleven class action members challenge settlement payout
Class Actions 2025-12-10 5:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Four group members in a franchisee class action against 7-Eleven that settled for $98 million in 2022 are seeking court review of the amounts they were awarded under the settlement scheme.

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Burwood apartment developer can retain deposit after email repudiation by buyer
Construction 2025-12-11 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The developer of an apartment complex in Melbourne’s east can retain a $883,000 deposit from convicted fraudster Demetrios ‘James’ Charisiou’s real estate investment firm, which was found to have repudiated a contract over email.

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United Petroleum in fight with VicRoads over contamination at Westgate Freeway servos
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-12-11 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

United Petroleum is locked in a dispute with VicRoads over the agency’s management of contamination at two service stations leased by UP along the Westgate Freeway. 

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Morisson’s UTA takes full stake in Sydney Desalination Plant
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-12-11 11:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

Advised by Johnson Winter Slattery, Morrison-managed investment fund Utilities Trust of Australia has bought out a Canadian pension fund for full ownership of the Sydney Desalination Plant.

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Mayne says Cosette did not validly terminate merger
Healthcare 2025-12-10 4:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Setting up another potential legal fight, Mayne Pharma has said US drug maker Cosette did not validly terminate their $672 million merger agreement, which failed to receive FIRB approval.

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