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After more than a year on ice, two class actions against age care facilities over COVID-19 outbreaks are set to resume late this year, following a month-long criminal trial that kicks off next week.
Judge questions OAIC over 3-year delay in bringing Optus case
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The judge overseeing three court proceedings against Optus over a 2022 data breach has questioned why it took the privacy regulator three years to file its case.
Metro Cinemas loses case over lease agreement with NSW council
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A judge has dismissed a case by Metro Cinemas against a NSW council, finding a lease agreement did not require the council to replace the cinema’s aging seats.
Court OKs $59M settlement in rate-rigging class action against banks
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A judge has signed off on a $59 million settlement in a class action accusing five banks of foreign exchange rate-rigging, while bemoaning the failure of successive attorneys-general to advance reforms clarifying the court’s power to make class closure orders.
Richard Crookes wins costs of aborted mediation in cladding suit
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Builder Richard Crookes has won its costs after mediation was aborted in a case by the owners corporation for a building in Sydney’s Erskineville over aluminium composite panel cladding installed nine years ago.
Roy Hill loses bid for declarations on validity of mining leases
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A judge has rejected Roy Hill’s bid for a declaration that two of its mining leases could not be impeached as long as they are the subject of a registered mortgage, saying it would preclude any challenges.
Igneo Infrastructure acquires remaining stake in SA wind farm
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Igneo Infrastructure’s Australian renewable energy platform Atmos Renewables has acquired the remaining stake in the 316MW Hornsdale wind farm from Neoen Australia in a $400 million deal.
New solar farm, BESS project in NSW Upper Hunter region gets green light
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Set to power 60,000 homes, a new solar farm and battery energy storage system in Muswellbrook, NSW has won fast-track government approval.
Real estate developer ALAMMC faces winding up bid by ASIC
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ASIC can amend its case against Gold Coast developer ALAMMC to seek winding up orders against the company and related entities over concerns $70 million in funds have been misused.
Mastercard says privilege shouldn’t be lost after junior lawyer’s ‘genuine mistake’
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Mastercard says legal professional privilege remained over a document after a junior lawyer “inadvertently” sent it to the ACCC in 2020 while the credit card giant was trying to dissuade the regulator from continuing an investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct.