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Shinetec, the Australian arm of China’s Shanxi Construction Investment Group, has won orders restraining the developer of an abandoned $185 million project in NSW from accessing $48 million paid to it by Bank of China.
Couple that preferred one cladding’s aesthetic wins case against builder
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A court has found a NSW prefab home builder that convinced a couple to vary their contract to allow different cladding which did not have the same aesthetic effect as their preferred one engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct.
Court OKs mid-trial climate report in fight over Whitehaven mine
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Two conservation groups opposing Whitehaven Coal’s Winchester South coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin have won court approval to adduce late expert evidence on possible climate scenarios.
SK Developments wins freezing orders against builder
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Melbourne developer SK Developments has won freezing orders against a builder, with a judge finding there was a danger that a $1.98 million judgment could be avoided.
Charter Hall sells Bunnings asset for $44M in off-market deal
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Property investment firm Charter Hall has sold its Bunnings Warehouse in the southeast Melbourne suburb of Clyde North for $44 million, in an off-market deal that reinforces the strength of retail real estate.
Law firm dodges personal costs despite ‘unsatisfactory approach’ to orders in discrimination case
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A judge has stopped short of making costs orders against a law firm despite finding it was responsible for delays in a workplace discrimination suit.
Uncertified lawyer with ‘vigorous social media presence’ should be struck from roll, tribunal says
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A tribunal has recommended a solicitor who continued to advertise his legal services on social media after his practising certificate was revoked should be struck off the roll.
Public court lists not ‘free for all’, tribunal says in privacy loss for publisher
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A tribunal has found a company that scrapes court databases broke privacy laws by failing to remove a litigant’s name after charges against her were dropped, saying the public nature of court lists doesn’t make republication a “free for all”.
Baker McKenzie grows banking practice with Norton Rose partner
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Baker McKenzie has poached a banking and finance partner from Norton Rose Fulbright.
ASIC should have known TerraCom case had no chance of success: judge
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A judge has said ASIC should have known that its case against four TerraCom directors over statements made to investors had no prospects of success, calling one of its submissions “unworthy of the corporations regulator”.