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A key issue in the ACCC's price-fixing case against Downer EDI's Spotless and Ventia is likely to focus on whether the facilities services companies were in competition, a court has heard.
A judge is concerned that if he approves all payouts sought by lawyers and funders from a $13.5 million settlement in a class action against a Quintis director, group members will only he left with just 18 per cent.
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HWL Ebsworth has lost a discovery spat in a case by clients who allege the firm and one of its former partners are liable for “lost money” in connection with property developer Belmore 88.
Trial in the ACCC’s misuse of market power case against Mastercard has been pushed to 2026, after the US company failed to comply with discovery orders.
Law firms running competing class actions against Coles and Woolworths over alleged illusory discounts have agreed to join forces, but a judge has warned he will not simply “rubber stamp” the arrangement.
A class action against Sydney doctor Daniel Lanzer and several of his associates over alleged botched cosmetic surgeries wants to drop its claims against one doctor, but other defendants have taken issue.
A newly appointed judge has disqualified himself from hearing a group of cases over Greensill’s $1.7 billion collapse, after he acted as counsel for insurer Marsh in a related dispute.
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ASX-listed Stockland has secured two new logistics deals with global investment firm KKR and property investor M&G Real Estate worth a total of $800 million.
Australia’s largest brick manufacturer Brickworks has dropped a central claim in its competition lawsuit against a rival founded by billionaire Len Buckeridge.
A class action on behalf of people who purchased off-the-plan homes in the Clydesdale Estate in north-west Sydney has won a dispute with the liquidator for the collapsed developer.