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Centuria Office REIT has sold an office building in Chatswood, NSW for $90 million to a private investor.

A judge has rejected a bid by the director and general manager of an aluminium windows and doors company to set off a $2.6 million loss from a Spring Square project against a $2.8 million liability.

A court has signed off on a $6.8 million settlement in a class action against a Queensland trucking company on behalf of owners of cargo on a freight train derailed by a truck at a level crossing.

An appeals court has quashed the conviction of the former CEO of Bruck Textile Technologies, finding it was not open to the court to convict him despite his guilty plea.

A medical assessment served under the Wrongs Act by a patient of Dr Daniel Lanzer needed to come to the attention of the surgeon himself, not just his solicitors, despite the lawyers being authorised to receive other documents in the case, an appeals court has found. 

The lead plaintiffs in a class action over the compulsory acquisition of land for the WestConnex road project will press on with a bid to discontinue the case, telling a judge they have exhausted all options for funding.

James Merlino, the former deputy for ex-Victorian premier Dan Andrews and current Rest Super chair, has been appointed chair at plaintiff law firm Slater & Gordon.

The Fair Work Commission has criticised a non-profit after two male social workers were demoted and their pay docked by $10,000 to address complaints by their female colleagues about pay disparity. 

Engineering consulting firm Jacobs Group has won a stay of proceedings by Brisbane Airport Corporation, after arguing the case was launched in contravention of an arbitration agreement.

All Civil Solutions Group has lost its appeal against a ruling that allowed the Woonona-Bulli RSL Memorial Club to raise a set-off defence against the subcontractor's claim under the Contractor's Debt Act.