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WiseTech chair, three other board members resign amid CEO controversy
Employment 2025-02-24 3:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

WiseTech chair Richad Dammery and three other directors have stood aside following “intractable differences” with remaining board members over the role of founder Richard White.

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Allens-repped Pacific Green sells Limestone Coast BESS to Palisade for $460M
Construction 2025-02-24 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

UK battery developer Pacific Green has sold its Limestone Coast North energy park in South Australia to Palisade Investment Partner’s Intera Renewables for $460 million.

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Fortrend unlawfully withheld bonuses owed Shaw & Partners defectors: court
Employment 2025-02-21 10:44 am By Christine Caulfield

Fortrend Securities breached the Fair Work Act in withholding the bonuses of two financial advisors who jumped to rival Shaw & Partners, a court has ruled.

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Will ACCC pick up pace of competition enforcement after sluggish two years?
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-02-20 11:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

It has been a quiet time for the competition regulator under the stewardship of Gina Cass-Gottlieb, but on Thursday the enforcer urged companies and consumers to watch this space.

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High Court asked to weigh if principal builder owes duty to subcontractor’s employee
Construction 2025-02-21 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

An injured construction worker is challenging the dismissal of his case against the principal contractor on a Brisbane building site, saying it owed a duty of care to him as a sub-contractor’s employee.

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Judge won’t bar case pursuing Banksia class action mastermind’s lawyers
Class Actions 2025-02-19 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

A bid by Banksia Securities’ special purpose receiver to thwart planned proceedings by a group of debenture holders against lawyers for the class action funder has failed.

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Meta slams ‘absurdly broad’ doc bid in Dialogue’s ‘modest’ yet hard-fought case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-02-18 11:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

A six-year legal battle by a Melbourne social media start-up over its termination from Meta’s platforms still rages, but for all that the case, according to the tech giant, is not one of epic — or even Epic — proportions.

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Clydesdale Estate liquidator can’t disclaim off-plan property contracts
Article 2025-02-19 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Class action members who purchased off-the-plan homes in the Clydesdale Estate in north-west Sydney have won a dispute with the liquidator for the collapsed developer.

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Child removal class actions against Queensland get OK to amend cases
Discrimination 2025-02-17 11:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two discrimination class actions against Queensland over the removal of Indigenous children from their homes can amend their cases to address the state’s complaint that they fail to link the removals with the plaintiffs’ race.

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ASIC, Noumi privilege win gives comfort to companies mulling VDAs
Analysis 2025-02-14 11:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

A finding that Noumi’s production of a PwC report to ASIC didn’t constitute waiver of privilege provides clarity that voluntary disclosure agreements can protect confidential information, but care must still be taken, lawyers say.

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