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In a historic High Court decision, a Queensland man who suffered catastrophic injuries as a result of a hospital’s negligence has won his bid for damages that allows him to receive medical care at home.
Acquisition strategy a key factor in ACCC deal analysis, reform architect says
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Ashurst has recruited the architect of Australia’s merger reforms as companies prepare for the new regulations to kick in next year, and she tells Lawyerly businesses can expect a “well-prepared” ACCC.
CDPP drops charges against former Bruck Textile execs
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The CDPP has dropped charges accusing former executives of collapsed Bruck Textile Technologies of scheming their way out of making more than $3 million in redundancy payments, following an appellate ruling in their favour clarifying when it’s a crime to prevent the payout of employee wages.
Icon sues insurers over $21M in Opal Tower rectification costs
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Builder Icon has taken insurers Chubb and Mitsui Sumimoto to court, arguing it is entitled to claim $21 million for the costs of rectifying Sydney’s Opal Tower development.
High Court won’t hear wind farm’s $21M payments spat with GE, Elecnor
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The High Court has rejected a South Australian wind farm’s special leave application seeking to overturn a ruling ordering it to make a $21 million progress payment to joint venture partners GE Renewable Energy and Elecnor.
Sharvain directors succeed in narrowing discovery in case by freight company
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The directors of defunct Sharvain Facades have won a bid to narrow the scope of documents they must produce in a case by Commercial Freight and Logisticsw, which claims an equitable lien over real estate.
High Court won’t hear challenge to security interest over power plant
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The High Court has declined collapsed gold mine owner Kirkalocka’s special leave bid seeking to challenge a finding that mining contractor Zenith had a security interest over a power plant in Western Australia
‘Worst of all possible worlds’: Judge rejects Blue Sky shareholder’s bid for novel split trial
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The shareholder leading a class action against failed fund manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments has lost a bid for a split trial it accepted was novel, despite arguing the usual course for trials in securities cases was “misconceived”.
‘A practice that must be stopped’: Judge fed up with use of AI in pleadings
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A judge wrongly cited as the author of an AI-hallucinated judgment has struck out at the AI-assisted statement of claim filed by a self-represented litigant in a defamation case, saying the use of generative AI to prepare pleadings is “a practice that must be stopped”.
Class action can’t send personalised opt out notices in IC Markets case
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IC Markets has prevailed in a fight with the applicant in a class action against the brokerage firm, which sought to personalise a notice to group members advising them of the case.