Real estate investor Mitsubishi Estate Asia is divesting its 49.9 per cent interest in the Stockland Residential Rental Partnership amid what its broker says is “surging” interest in the land lease communities sector in Australia.
The child of a Holocaust survivor, barrister Gregory Sirtes has been sworn in as a judge on the NSW Supreme Court, saying his appointment was the “tiniest repayment” for the opportunities given to his Hungarian Jewish family as post-war migrants.
A man who was fired after failing to comply with a return-to-office directive has appealed the Fair Work Commission’s finding that he was not unfairly dismissed, saying there is “a public interest” in upholding the contractual right to work from home.
A director of med tech start-up Strongroom AI is claiming privilege against self-incrimination in a case by venture capital firm EVP seeking to recoup its $10.4 million investment.
An appeals court has thrown out mining billionaire and AMCI co-founder Hans Mende’s challenge to a ruling that found his decision to sack the group’s Australian managing director was invalid.
The state of Victoria wants $24 million in security for costs from the applicant in a class action over its COVID-19 hotel quarantine fiasco, citing concerns about recovering costs from the US-based Quinn Emanuel entity that’s funding the case.
The judge overseeing the Fair Work Ombudsman’s case against Rebel Sport owner Super Retail Group won’t push off the trial to 2027 to accommodate the regulator’s silk, saying further delay “should not be tolerated”.
One of the firms that secured a record $230 million settlement in a class action on behalf of NSW doctors is still on the case, firing off a class action against Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital for allegedly underpaying junior doctors.
Bunnings has largely won its appeal of a finding that use of facial recognition technology in its stores breached privacy laws, with a tribunal saying an exemption applied to the hardware chain to combat retail crime.
A law firm partner working on a shareholder class action over the collapse of Blue Sky Alternative Investments has faced cross-examination by counsel for auditor EY over alleged delays in seeking to amend the case.
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