Collectable car dealer defeats ATO in High Court fight over lux car tax

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A collectable car dealer who operated his Gosford business using a ‘museum concept’ has won a High Court victory in a dispute with the ATO over whether he should be on the hook for luxury car tax.

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High Court shoots down SkyCity Adelaide’s tax appeal

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In a loss for Sky City Adelaide, the High Court has affirmed that electronic gaming credits should be taxed as revenue. putting it on the hook for an additional casino duty of $13.1 million. 

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Ex-Aristocrat design head to pay up for copying docs containing trade secrets

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Gaming giant Aristocrat has settled a suit brought against its former head of design, who admitted to copying a “substantial” number of documents containing the company’s sensitive trade secrets.

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Greensill Bank administrator wins tit-for-tat injunction against Marsh

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In the tangled legal fallout of the $7 billion collapse of Greensill Capital, the administrator of the failed financier’s bank has secured a so-called anti, anti-suit injunction against an arm of insurer Marsh.

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Developer The Gosford can’t lift stay of $37M judgment against Shanxi unit

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The company behind an abandoned $185 million development in Gosford, NSW can’t lift a stay on a $37 million judgment it won against the Australian unit of China’s Shanxi Construction Group.

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Cooperation not irrelevant in class action beauty parades, appeals court says

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An appeals court has backed a decision awarding carriage of a shareholder class action against Downer EDI to two firms that joined their cases, rejecting an argument that it would encourage races to consolidate.

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