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Johnson Winter Slattery poaches real estate partner from Mills Oakley
Johnson Winter Slattery has lured a real estate partner with 15 years of experience from Mills Oakley.
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Education Department wants claim setoff built into Roberts Co DOCA
The Victorian Department of Education is seeking court declarations that under a plan to restructure Roberts Co (VIC) it can set off claims of its own against any brought by the failed builder.
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Lease over prime Paddington site not enough to resist Aboriginal land claim: High Court
A lease granted to developer Quarry Street over the site of the abandoned Paddington Bowling Club did not constitute use of the land under Aboriginal land rights legislation, a High Court majority has found.
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Snowdon Developments liquidators settle with supplier
Liquidators of collapsed Snowdon Developments have reached a settlement with a building supplier as part of efforts to collect more than $2 million in payments allegedly made when the Melbourne developer was insolvent.
Seek says Employment Hero used data to solicit job candidates ‘en masse’
Job listings giant Seek has hit back at claims by Employment Hero that its decision to cut access to its platform was a breach of competition laws, saying the start-up has misused Seek's data to launch a competing service.
Tasmanian junior doctors launch class action for unpaid overtime
Junior doctors in Tasmania are the latest to bring a class action seeking compensation for years of alleged unpaid overtime work at the state’s major hospitals.
Acquisition strategy a key factor in ACCC deal analysis, reform architect says
Ashurst has recruited the architect of Australia's merger reforms as companies prepare for the new regulations to kick in next year, and she tells Lawyerly businesses can expect a "well-prepared" ACCC.
Class action can’t send personalised opt out notices in IC Markets case
IC Markets has prevailed in a fight with the applicant in a class action against the brokerage firm, which sought to personalise a notice to group members advising them of the case.
Class action gets hands on Phoslock docs produced in AFP probe of China operations
Phoslock Environmental Technologies, which has produced hundreds of thousands of documents to federal police as part of an investigation of the company's China operations, must hand over the bundle to a class action.
‘Disgraceful’: Court hits Open4Sale directors with $2.8M penalties
Open4Sale Global's directors have been penalised $2.6 million for breaching disclosure laws in raising money from investors, who were labelled "a bunch of idiots" by the company's boss.