Christine Caulfield

A family-owned Mitre 10 franchisee will not be on the hook for costs if its loses a novel suit seeking to block Bunnings from opening a $36 million store next to its Jimboomba store, with a judge saying the case will provide guidance on the misuse of market power effects test.

The administrators of collapsed building company Novati Constructions have been ordered to give developer Hulak two bank guarantees worth $312,500 each, with a judge finding it would be unconscionable to withhold them. 

Property developer Troon Group has acquired $80 million worth of industrial land in Western Australia's Bullsbrook, marking the company's entry into the Perth market.

The workplace umpire has proposed a landmark change that will allow more than 1.5 million employees -- the majority of them women -- to request a working from home arrangement, but has stopped short of a presumptive right in favour of the arrangements.e

A Newcastle residential development had lost its bid to pay around $6 million in damages in monthly installments, with a judge saying there was no evidence paying the amount would put the group in a bad financial situation.

Meridian Lawyers has nabbed an insurance litigator from Lander & Rogers who has worked on combustible cladding matters to co-head its professional and financial risk group. 

The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility has dropped its challenge to the dismissal of its greenwashing case alleging Santos misled investors by falsely representing that it had a plausible path to net zero by 2040.

Macquarie's board will no longer back the appointment of KPMG to replace PricewaterhouseCoopers as the group's auditor, following claims audit partners used confidential client information to win tenders.

Logistics giant Qube has told a court it is entitled to enforce $26 million in arbitration awards against Martinus Rail ahead of a larger dispute over Sydney's $4 billion Moorebank Intermodal Terminal and no right of appeal exists for its foe.

The battle over compensation for Fortescue Metals' Solomon Hub iron ore project continues, with the Yinjibarndi people of Western Australia's Pilbara region taking its case to an appeals court.