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Court rejects ‘trawling exercise’ ahead of Waller Legal negligence trial
The plaintiff in a negligence case against Waller Legal has failed in his last-minute call to vacate the trial to obtain more documents, an exercise a judge said would "make a mockery of the Civil Procedure Act".
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Sydney’s Westpoint Shopping Centre sells for record $900M
Westpoint Shopping Centre in Western Sydney has been sold for $900 million, in Australia's largest individual retail asset transaction.
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Snowy 2.0 hydro project halted amid union’s safety concerns
Work on the country’s biggest renewables project has again halted after the AWU again raised safety concerns about the use of ‘refuge chambers’ on the project. 
Victoria says pepper spray class action about protestor ‘misbehaviour’
Defending a class action brought over Victoria Police’s use of force against protestors at a mining conference in 2019, the state has told a court the case would centre on when peaceful protesting crosses a line.
In win for union, court muzzles St Vincent’s talk on bed closures
A nurses union has won orders barring St Vincent's Private from representing to nurses that protected industrial action in relation to the closure of beds at various hospitals is unlawful and unprotected.
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Lendlease wins appeal over Circular Quay land valuation
Lendlease's appeal of the NSW Valuer General's land value determinations of luxury residential tower One Circular Quay has prevailed.
Indigenous child removal class actions slam ‘masked’ government files
Lawyers representing two class actions against the state of Queensland over alleged unlawful removals of Indigenous children have called on the state to produce unredacted files about the lead applicants.
Citing class action, VCAT rejects MP’s bid for hotel quarantine docs
A bid by Victorian Liberal MP David Davis for documents on the state's hotel quarantine program has largely failed, with a tribunal finding their release could prejudice an ongoing class action.
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Ashurst loses real estate partner to Clayton Utz
Real estate lawyer Vicki Aron has joined Clayton Utz's Sydney office as a partner after seven years at Ashurst.
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Court won’t restrain work on Healesville Railway Line reconstruction
Residents of a property near the historic Healesville Railway Line have failed in their bid to halt works proceeding on weekends and out of hours, with a judge calling their complaints “oversensitive”.