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Infrastructure and real asset investment firm Stonepeak has entered a deal to acquire a 75 per cent interest in Queensland-based commercial fuel and logistics provider IOR Group.
Purchaser of ‘defective’ ACT property loses bid for $5.3M in damages
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A court has awarded only $100 in nominal damages to the owner of a $5 million industrial site in the ACT, despite finding there was cracking in a concrete slab covered by a warranty.
Boab acquires processor for open pit mine for $10M
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Boab Metals has agreed to buy a processing plant for $10 million from copper ore company Sandfire.
Linchpin investors to get $7.2M in class action settlement with AIG
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An investor class action against failed advisory firm Linchpin Capital has sought court approval of a $12.15 million settlement with insurer AIG, which will leave 176 group members to share in $7.2 million after deductions.
ACCC can bring misleading conduct claims against printer supplier
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The ACCC has won court approval to bring claims against two companies in liquidation alleging they engaged in unconscionable and misleading conduct in the sale of printing cartridges and cleaning chemicals.
ASIC has mixed success in case against family-owned business lender
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A business lender that issued personal loans is on the hook for unlicensed credit activity, but ASIC’s action against the director has failed, with a judge finding the regulator was “entirely indifferent” to the circumstances of the case.
Lawyer struck from roll after conviction for supplying drugs to bikie gang
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Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Username or Email Address Password Remember Me A lawyer who assisted members of the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang by forging documents and helping supply methamphetamine has been struck off the roll. NSW-based lawyer Alina Yousif was found guilty of knowingly taking part in the supply of a prohibited…
Fonterra can’t get pre-deal ruling on sale’s impact on lucrative Bega licences
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Dairy company Fonterra can’t get a court declaration that its Australian exit plans will not trigger change of control clauses in lucrative licence agreements with Bega, potentially affecting the likely sale price.
Linda Reynolds sues Commonwealth, HWL Ebsworth over $2.4M Brittany Higgins settlement
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Western Australian senator Linda Reynolds has filed a lawsuit against the federal government and HWL Ebsworth over a $2.4 million settlement with former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins.
Judge criticises Roberts-Smith’s claim that MinterEllison lawyers ‘thrown under bus’
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A judge has taken issue with an argument by disgraced solider Ben Roberts-Smith that a Nine journalist threw his solicitors “under the bus”, saying it suggested the MinterEllison lawyers engaged in misconduct in the absence of an appeal claim against them.