The daughter of a Villawood director accused of a fraudulent design to divert valuable management fees for a development in Victoria has invoked her privilege against self-incrimination over the developer’s concerns that she may have destroyed evidence.
A suit against the City of Sydney and Transport for New South Wales alleging that a new cycleway on Oxford Street is discriminatory has been gutted, with a court substantially striking out the pleading.
A Centennial Coal unit that operates an underground coal mine bordering the Blue Mountains National Park has been hit with $630,000 in penalties after pleading guilty to five environmental offences for failing to properly manage runoff from the mine.
In a sign of recovery for Melbourne’s commercial property market, developer Bill McNee’s Vicland has sold St Germain in Toorak to Spotlight Property Group.
Healthcare equipment company Ansell has won default judgment against an unknown threat actor behind an October data breach, with a judge citing similar orders made following a cyberattack against law firm HWL Ebsworth.
An investment manager sentenced to a six-year prison term for trading on confidential information taken from the computer of Platinum Asset Management’s chairman has lodged an appeal.
Corporates, regulators and lawyers alike will be poring over the Federal Court’s reasons on Monday for dismissing a pivotal greenwashing case against gas giant Santos, but experts say the 250-page judgment is unlikely to deter further litigation.
HWL Ebsworth chief executive partner Russell Mailler has resigned from his role after 14 years at the law firm, the last two at the helm.
The ACCC has attacked the evidence at trial of a Coles manager who signed off on an alleged misleading discount on dog food, which was sold at a lower price just seven days earlier.
The ACCC has outlined its enforcement priorities for the year, promising to crack down on misleading pricing by supermarkets, manipulative practices by digital companies and car companies that don’t comply with consumer guarantees.
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