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Builder loses appeal in spat with RW Capital over $26M Brookvale project
Appeals 2025-11-05 11:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A builder has lost an appeal arguing that a RW Capital unit was bound by an alleged contract to develop land in northern Sydney, said to be worth $25.75 million, after the trial judge found the claim was “doomed to fail”.

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Isuzu’s appeal falls short in trade secrets spat with Directed Electronics
Intellectual Property 2025-11-03 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Isuzu has lost an appeal bid to shut down a lawsuit by car alarm company Directed Electronics over alleged trade secrets theft, after an earlier case left it with a $169 million damages bill.

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CBRE hits back at claims employee was falsely accused of killing rabbit
Employment 2025-10-31 11:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

CBRE has denied taking unlawful adverse action against an employee who alleges he was forced to continue working with a manager who falsely accused him of killing his rabbit and asked him which female coworkers he would have sex with. 

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GHD flags cross-claims in Hunter Valley bus crash class action
Class Actions 2025-10-31 11:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Engineering firm GHD Australia, which has recently been joined to a class action over a bus crash in NSW’s Hunter Valley that killed 10 passengers, has flagged bringing its own cross-claims.

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Insurer fights CPB, John Holland’s $150M claims over North West Rail
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-11-03 11:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insurer Liberty Mutual has argued that CPB Contractors and John Holland’s $150 million in claims in relation to Sydney’s North West Rail project are largely out of time, in a lawsuit alleging the insurer breached its duty of good faith.

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Class action can encourage Dillwynia inmates to sign up, court says
Personal injury 2025-10-30 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class action by inmates in the Dillwynia Women’ s Correctional Centre who were allegedly sexually assaulted by a corrections officer can send a notice encouraging — but not requiring — group members to sign up.

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Calibre can’t get docs from owners in $356M Werribee shopping centre suit
Retail 2025-10-31 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Engineering firm Calibre can’t get minutes of meetings involving Probuild and the owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria to defend itself in $356 million defects suit.

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CBRE hits back at claims employee was falsely accused of killing rabbit
Real Estate 2025-10-31 11:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

CBRE has denied taking unlawful adverse action against an employee who alleges he was forced to continue working with a manager who falsely accused him of killing his rabbit and asked him which female co-workers he would have sex with. 

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Heran Group loses round against builder over $128M Main Beach development
Construction 2025-10-30 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Heran Group unit has lost its challenge to orders that $4.8 million be paid to a Queensland builder from an escrow account held by HWL Ebsworth amid an appeal in its dispute over a $128 million contract for beachfront apartments. 

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MLC Centre tenant may expand misleading conduct case against owner GPT
Real Estate 2025-10-30 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Office provider Servcorp may amend a lawsuit against former MLC Centre owner GPT alleging it failed to disclose plans for major redevelopment works on the Sydney CBD high-rise before they signed a lease in 2014.

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