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Cassius boots arbitrator in $443M dispute over aborted mine
Arbitration 2025-01-21 11:45 pm By Andy Sidler

Gold miner Cassius Mining has succeeded in removing an arbitrator in its $443 million dispute with the Republic of Ghana over an aborted mining project.

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DLA Piper picks up finance partner from White & Case
Business of Law 2025-01-17 10:58 pm By Andy Sidler

DLA Piper has lured a finance partner from White & Case to join its Sydney office.

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ACCC chief moves to CEO role at corporate regulator
ASIC 2025-01-16 11:28 pm By Andy Sidler

After 30 years at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the watchdog’s CEO will take the reins as chief of the corporate regulator. 

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Lawyer should be struck from roll for threatening texts to witness: VCAT
Legal Ethics 2025-01-16 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

A tribunal has recommended a Melbourne lawyer be removed from the roll, despite his undertaking not to reapply for a practicing certificate, finding he showed no remorse for threatening a witness.

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Fashion label Staple & Hue loses trade mark battle with rival MinkPink
Intellectual Property 2025-01-16 11:40 pm By Andy Sidler

A bid by women’s clothing brand Staple & Hue to register its brand name as a trade mark has been successfully challenged by rival label Mink Pink.

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Virgin loses appeal after axing flight attendant who drank 7.5 hours before shift
Employment 2025-01-15 11:39 pm By Andy Sidler

Virgin Airlines has lost its appeal of a Fair Work Commission ruling that reinstated a flight attendant who was dismissed for drinking a glass of prosecco 7.5 hours before a flight. 

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CIMIC to hand over quality control info in $70M suit over squeaky building facade
Construction 2025-01-20 4:35 pm By Andy Sidler

The owners of Perth high rise HBF House have won their bid for more documents from builder CIMIC, as they seek to prove claims that the building squeaks when the weather changes and leaks when it rains. 

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Lendlease loses injunction bid in spat over Campbelltown options deed
Construction 2025-01-16 11:53 pm By Andy Sidler

Lendlease’s hopes of acquiring, subdividing and selling lots in a Campbelltown block have been deferred, with a judge finding he could not make urgent orders with a question mark hanging over the construction of a relevant deed. 

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Company linked to major Melbourne developer loses winding up fight
Tax 2025-01-18 3:59 am By Andy Sidler

Maxcon Developments, which allegedly owes $23 million in unpaid tax, has lost its bid to stay orders winding up the business, with a judge deeming the company “hopelessly insolvent”.

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Tasmanian Ports had right to boot tenant Resources Australasia, court finds
Real Estate 2025-01-17 9:46 pm By Andy Sidler

Tasmanian Ports had a right to kick wood pellets manufacturer Resources Australasia off leased property after it erected an awning structure without permission, a court has found.

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