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The publisher of The Australian has hit back at a defamation case by a former JLL executive, saying it was substantially true that he fondled a drunk junior female colleague's breast at a strip club.
A judge has expressed concerns about a funder's novel application for its costs in a partially settled shareholder class action over the collapse of mining company Cudeco, saying everyone was getting a payday except group members.
Orders proposed by Apple after a judge’s finding that the digital giant and rival Google engaged in anti-competitive conduct would “rob the court’s findings of their detail, their efficacy and their bite”, Epic Games has said.
Agricultural giant Graincorp has resolved an application for personal costs against a solicitor, which it sought after trial in a class action over alleged noise and odour pollution from a Victorian factory was vacated and an in-principle settlement did not proceed.
The lead plaintiffs in a class action over the compulsory acquisition of land for the WestConnex road project will press on with a bid to discontinue the case, telling a judge they have exhausted all options for funding.
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A Sydney developer has successfully challenged a decision which rejected its plans to demolish a 32-room boarding house for the construction of four luxury residences in Paddington, with a judge calling the decision "personal and idiosyncratic".
The Australian legal community has condemned a terror attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration on Sunday, where 16 people were killed, and extended counseling services to its members.
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Northwest Rail Link builders CPB Contractors and John Holland are pushing back against a bid by several insurers to join joint venture partners MTR and UGL to a coverage spat over a $100 million policy.
Law firm Atanaskovic Hartnell can't appeal a stay of a costs order in its dispute with media mogul Bruce Gordon, with an appeals court saying disputes fuelled by their “mutual animus” should not be encouraged.
Fresh off a record settlement for the Robodebt scandal, the government is facing a new class action over a law that retroactively allowed it to impose card payment surcharges, which the suit says amounts to unjust enrichment.