Andy Sidler

Carlisle Homes has prevailed on a preliminary question in a dispute with Nexus Office over alleged defects in a Nexus Mulgrave rental space, with an appeals court finding an expert had not properly determined the dispute. 

Budget pharmacy giant Chemist Warehouse has been ordered to negotiate a multi-employer agreement with its South Australian workforce, after a union secured majority support from 300 pharmacy employees using new bargaining laws.

The AFL has won its bid to strike out occupational health and safety claims from a class action over its concussion management practices.

Grand Ridge Plantations has lost an appeal seeking to halve the official valuation of its Gippsland timber forest, with a court finding that the trees on the land must be included in its assessed value.

Former PriceWaterhouseCoopers chief executive Tom Seymour has been fined $15,000 and suspended as a chartered accountant, shortly after he was banned from acting as a tax agent over the firm's tax leaks scandal.

Special purpose liquidators have been appointed to failed clothing retailer Mosaic Brands, after a judge found a reasonable apprehension of bias arising from liquidator Vaughan Strawbridge's former link to Deloitte.

Woolworths has been hit with a shareholder class action for underpaying workers hundred of millions of dollars, with investors alleging the supermarket giant issued inflated financial statements by failing to account for proper staff remuneration. 

Real estate fund manager Centuria Capital has acquired the management rights to 22 agricultural properties worth $444 million, expanding its portfolio in the sector to $1.3 billion. 

An appeals court has allowed developer Sayers Property's $1.9 million insurance claim in relation to a $11 million purchase of land.

Renewable energy company Ampyr has signed a $300 million battery storage deal with Denmark-based energy trading company InCommodities.