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Teachers entitled to pay rises despite resignations: Full Court
Employment 2023-11-01 4:04 pm By Sam Matthews

Two Catholic school teachers are entitled to pay rises included in new enterprise agreements, despite resigning before they took effect, an appeals court has found.

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Court tosses lawsuit over $55M sale of Queensland shopping centre
Real Estate 2023-10-31 4:09 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has thrown out a lawsuit over the $55 million sale of Queensland shopping centre brought by an arm of Elanor Investors Group, clearing the vendor and its agent of allegedly misleading or deceptive conduct.

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Barrister fees recoverable under workers’ comp rules, appeals court says
Business of Law 2023-10-20 5:42 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has found that barrister’s fees are not excluded as a recoverable outlay under worker’s compensation regulations.

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ABC can’t duck entrepreneur’s defamation case
Defamation 2023-09-25 4:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has expressed his preliminary view that cases brought in Queensland cannot be thrown out where the costs of the claims are disproportionate to their importance, allowing a defamation case by entrepreneur Robert McVicker against the ABC to proceed. 

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Hall & Wilcox grows by 30 with McMahon Clarke takeover
Real Estate 2023-09-07 11:37 pm By Christine Caulfield

Aiming to become the “undisputed market leader” in investment funds, Hall & Wilcox has brought on the team at boutique law firm McMahon Clarke.

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Court awards $300,000 for wrongful imprisonment by family law judge
Legal Ethics 2023-08-30 12:34 pm By Sam Matthews

A Queensland man has prevailed in his case alleging Federal Circuit and Family Court Judge Salvatore Vasta unlawfully imprisoned him for contempt after he failed to comply with an order for particulars, winning over $300,000 in damages.

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$4.9B ANZ, Suncorp merger heads to Competition Tribunal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-08-25 10:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

ANZ has lodged an application asking the Australian Competition Tribunal to reverse the competition regulator’s rejection of its $4.9 billion tie-up with Queensland-based Suncorp.

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Ex-G8 Education chair suffers another loss in challenge to ASIC examination
Corporate 2023-08-22 10:29 pm By Sam Matthews

Former G8 Education chair Jennifer Hutson has lost an appeal of a decision that found she was not unlawfully examined by the corporate regulator over the childcare company’s $162 million hostile takeover bid for Affinity Education Group.

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Multiplex sues Star-owned consortium over $2.6B Queen’s Wharf construction
Construction 2023-08-21 3:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Star Entertainment joint venture has been hit with a lawsuit by the Queensland arm of Multiplex Constructions over alleged costs overruns in the construction for a multi-billion-dollar resort in Brisbane. 

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Blog posts about drag queen story hour not vilification, tribunal says
Human Rights 2023-08-21 11:22 pm By Sam Matthews

The QCAT has cleared conservative activist Lyle Shelton of vilification in relation to negative online posts he made about a drag queen story hour at a Brisbane library.

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