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Westpac has filed court proceedings in a dispute against its online broker, Australian Investment Exchange, over whether the bank validly terminated their services agreement, which is set to expire at the end of the month. 

A company incorporated to manage a development in regional Victoria has lost its bid to withdraw admissions in a case by property developer Villawood alleging a former director engaged in a fraudulent scheme to divert management fees.

New rules announced by the Victorian Labor government will require data centre developers to generate their own renewable energy supply, invest in local jobs and stay out of residential areas. 

A developer can't block an activist group from relying on Aboriginal cultural heritage evidence in relation to trees set to be removed under plans to build a retirement village on land owned by the Federal Golf Club.

Vietnamese airline VietJet has lost its appeal against the registration of a $254 million judgment in a dispute over payments for the leasing of Airbus A321 passenger jets.

A class action over alleged unlawful strip searches at music festivals has lost its bid to strike out the NSW government’s defence against claims of sample group members, after the lead plaintiff was awarded $93,000 in damages.

Fortescue Metals has brought a cross-appeal in a dispute with the Yinjibarndi people of Western Australia's Pilbara region over the company's Solomon Hub iron ore project.

The contractor behind Alinta Energy’s gas-fired Pilbara power station has been awarded $7.1 million, with a judge finding Alinta failed to ensure clear and safe access to the site. 

A former client of Sydney law firm Coleman Greig has been refused leave to appeal a costs assessment, with a judge finding a review panel didn't err when weighing the hourly rate of a non-lawyer.

Food delivery service HungryPanda wants to lift a stay in a case against competitor Fantuan over the acquisition of delivery platform EASI, after a $24 million judgment was entered in related UK proceedings.