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A judge has tossed a lawsuit by the owners of the common area at a Pitt Street arcade seeking $11.55 million for the compulsory acquisition of a pedestrian access easement for the Sydney Metro, finding they were not able to recover the losses of individual lot owners.
Macquarie Group chairman Glenn Stevens will face the latest parliamentary joint committee hearing Friday into KPMG ethic's scandal, joining executives from Westpac, Optus and Dexus.
Months after a judge urged the parties to "move on in life", singer Guy Sebastian has reached a settlement in a drawn-out case against former manager Titus Day, who apologised for his "regrettable decisions".
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The developer behind the rebranding of the Seasons of Perth hotel wants the High Court to weigh in on Western Australia's security of payment laws, in a case it says goes to the heart of the biggest issue confronting Australia's administrative law.
A judge has described as a "deplorable lapse of decorum" the conduct of a lawyer who "heckled" an opponent in a dispute over costs in an employment case.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has been hit with enforcement action by the prudential regulator for cybersecurity failures by a former business, and has agreed to an $8 million penalty.
In ordering early registration for a class action against a Johnson & Johnson unit, which estimates its defence costs at over $22 million, a judge has said the "very expensive" process is appropriate.
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An RSL club in Wollongong, NSW can't pause execution of a $3 million judgment secured by a contractor pending determination of a defects case, despite claiming "catastrophic" consequences.
A retiring Federal Court judge has defended the class action regime he helped to shape, telling colleagues and practitioners in his farewell speech that the jurisdiction was in its "Goldilocks moment".
A judge has pushed out freezing orders against the former chief investment officer of failed investment firm Falcon Capital, dismissing the excecutive's complaint that he was leaning on friends to pay bills.