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PwC negligence case over tax advice on $100M estate to be revised
The executor of a $100 million estate is amending its case against PricewaterhouseCoopers that alleges the firm gave negligent advice and acted with a conflict of interest while advising on tax liabilities.
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Macquarie Technology secures land in Northern Sydney for $3B data centre
Macquarie Data Centres will spend up to $3 billion on a 200-megawatt data centre campus in Sydney after striking a $240 million land deal in Macquarie Park.
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Sydney Water claims advice docs privileged in row over $347M land grab
Utility Sydney Water has claimed privilege over hundreds of documents said to reveal advice about its obligations when compulsorily acquiring land, in a dispute with a property owner over 21 hectares of land in Rosehill.
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Asset Energy appeals loss over PEP11 gas exploration permit
Asset Energy is appealing a decision which rejected its challenge to the Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority'a decision not to extend the permit for its PEP11 gas exploration project off the Hunter coast in NSW.
Light rail class action plaintiffs lose appeal over $5.4M costs cut
The applicants in a class action against Transport for NSW over the construction of the Sydney CBD light rail have lost their appeal of a ruling that ordered the government to pay just 65 per cent of their trial costs, which they claim amounts to a $5.4 million reduction.
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Tesla says NSW EV charge may be invalid after High Court ruling
Car makers Tesla and Hyundai have argued NSW's law imposing a road-user charge on electric vehicles may be invalid following a High Court decision which struck down Victoria's EV tax as an invalid excise, while urging the state government not to introduce any new road charges.
No-show Westconnex class action funder raises judge’s ire
A hearing to replace the applicants in a class action over Sydney's $16 billion WestConnex project has been postponed a fourth time by an exasperated judge, who on Monday called out the absent litigation funder for being "grossly uncourteous".
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Court signs off on Wolli Creek residential development
Developer Emag Apartments has secured court approval for a nine-storey, 16-unit residential building just minutes from Sydney Airport after amending its proposal during a conciliation with Bayside Council.
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Appeal succeeds over digital billboard on Grace Brothers building
A court will reconsider a development application for a digital billboard on a heritage-listed Sydney building, after finding that a commissioner relied on a superseded visual impact assessment report in refusing the application.
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Sydney council, developer settle sinking homes class action
A class action on behalf of Sydney homeowners who allege their homes are sinking into the ground has reached an in-principle settlement two weeks out from trial.