Enviro group’s challenge to Woodside’s $16.5B Scarborough gas project fails

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A court has found no legal error in a regulator’s decision to approve Woodside’s environmental plan for its Scarborough gas project in Western Australia, finding the company was not required to specify what would be an acceptable level of emissions.

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James Hardie may face law firm scrutiny after share price plummets

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Under investigation by US class action firms for a stock price crash that followed last week’s announcement of a profit drop, Australian building materials giant James Hardie may also face the glare of homegrown law firms.

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Lendlease scores pharma giant as latest Victoria Cross Tower tenant

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Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Username or Email Address Password Remember Me Global pharmaceutical company Novartis has become the latest tenant at Lendlease’s Victoria Cross Tower in North Sydney. Novartis ANZ will set up shop across one floor of the building, occupying 1,700 square metres in the mid-rise of the building, Lendlease said…

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Cyprus Club administrators have power to sell ‘substantial’ Sydney property: court

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The administrators of the New South Wales Cyprus Community club can sell an inner Western Sydney property of “substantial value”, with a judge finding they are not subject to a condition under the Registered Clubs Act. 

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State revenue office loses row with Montessori Foundation over property taxes

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The Queensland Commissioner of State Revenue has lost an appeal against the Montessori Children’s Foundation after it refused the organisation’s bid to be registered as a charity to avoid property taxes.

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Qatar Airways passengers file High Court challenge over strip searches

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Five passengers who were forced off a Qatar Airways flight and strip searched at Doha International Airport have taken their case to the High Court after a finding that Qatar’s aviation authority was immune from the suit. 

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IG Markets owes $5.5M to client who traded CFDs on ‘test’ market

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Online trading platform IG Markets must pay over $5.5 million in damages to a customer, with a court finding a contract term that purportedly allowed it to reverse transactions made in error was unfair.

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Class action law firm not so lucky in second bid for 35% contingency fee

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A judge has cut a 35 per cent contingency fee sought by a law firm running a shareholder class action against Origin Energy, even after a different judge approved the rate in a separate case by the firm.

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