A three-time Olympic figure skater has sued the NSW Ice Skating Association, alleging that a notice it circulated to members regarding a sexual misconduct finding and ban imposed by the US Centre for SafeSport was defamatory.
The Reject Shop is fighting a class action’s bid to reconstitute an “empty” class in an underpayments case, saying it shouldn’t be on the hook for tens of millions in claims because of a “basic legal error” by the applicant’s lawyers.
The number of reported threats to judges is growing at an alarming rate, and urgent action by federal and state attorneys-general is needed, according to the Australia’s peak body for judicial officers.
BHP has pushed back on reply submissions in a shareholder class action which the energy company says mistakenly interpret an internal report as putting the risk of collapse of BHP’s wastewater dam in Brazil at 25 to 50 per cent.
Developers Stockland and John Boyd are teaming up to build a $3.5 billion logistics precinct at the site of 18.3-hectare Kogarah golf club near the Sydney Airport.
A judge has ordered the sales proceeds of Western Sydney properties linked to former Dyldam director Sam Fayad to be paid into court, saying there was an arguable case that the sales were intended to defraud creditors.
Retirement village operator Lifestyle Communities has secured a reprieve from a ruling that found its exit fee policy was unenforceable, but has said it won’t spend the funds it collects while the stay is in place.
Private equity giant KKR has committed $500 million to speed the growth of CleanPeak Energy, an Australian company providing renewable energy solutions to blue-chip players in the commercial and industrial sectors.
The liquidators of iProsperity Group want Crown to repay $55 million in company funds they say were gambled away by the real estate funds manager’s directors.
NSW engineering firm Daracon Group has failed to overturn a state independent planning commission’s decision which rejected its plan to expand a hard rock quarry in the Hunter Region.
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