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A judge has rejected amendments based on “buried” documents by developer Golden Eagle Property Group, in a protracted case by the receiver of parent company GGPG.
White & Case lures partner back from King & Wood Mallesons
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A former White & Case lawyer with experience in Australia and in New York has returned to the firm’s Sydney office as a partner after a stint at King & Wood Mallesons
Sydney Trains class action settles for up to $7.6M
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A class action brought by Sydney Trains’ operations staff alleging they were overworked and underpaid has settled for between $6 and $7.6 million.
Sydney apartment complex owners can’t reopen case against Ceerose, Zone Q
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The owners corporation of a Sydney apartment building can’t run new arguments in a defects case determined last year, with a tribunal finding that while it likely had the power to reopen the case, it had not made an error warranting the move.
Subcontractor’s failure to give builder SOPA submissions ‘fatal’: appeals court
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A head contractor has successfully challenged a Queensland Supreme Court decision, which tossed its case against a SOPA adjudication decision for a subcontractor on a building project in Southport.
QCAT can review rectification decision outside time, appeal member says
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A QCAT ruling not to review a rectification decision because more than six and a half years had passed since completion of construction has been set aside, with the tribunal finding on review that the time limit rule was misapplied.
4.7M kids’ accounts removed during first month of social media ban
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Social media companies have removed, deactivated or restricted about 4.7 million accounts belonging to children under 16 during the first month of the country’s social media ban, according to the eSafety Commissioner.
Fiction & Fiction: Judge raps litigant for ‘unhelpful’, non-existent citations
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A litigant who cited Dogan & Dogan, Duncan & Duncan and other non-existent cases after using AI to craft her arguments created difficulties for the court, a judge has said in a decision on an appeal of costs.
Structural Monitoring doesn’t have to keep CEO who brought whistleblower suit
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A judge has declined to extend an injunction that barred ASX-traded Structural Monitoring Systems from sacking its CEO after he launched whistleblower proceedings against the aerospace company.
Home & Away scriptwriter drops case against Seven Network
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A scriptwriter for Seven’s Home & Away has dropped her Fair Work case against the TV network.