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United Petroleum in fight with VicRoads over contamination at Westgate Freeway servos
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-12-11 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

United Petroleum is locked in a dispute with VicRoads over the agency’s management of contamination at two service stations leased by UP along the Westgate Freeway. 

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Melbourne Rebels directors grilled on ‘startling’ inability to explain tax case
Tax 2025-12-10 4:43 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has called out the directors of failed Super Rugby club Melbourne Rebels for their “startling” inability to explain their case against the club’s administrators and the tax office.

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ATO scolded for ‘tax now, ask questions later’ pursuit of Kupang director’s debt
Tax 2025-12-09 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found the ATO knowingly received millions misappropriated by a former Kupang Resources director in order to satisfy a tax debt against him, with a judge skewering the tax office for instituting a “policy of wilful blindness” in pursuit of the debt.

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Judge rejects notice that KFC class action said would ‘blow up’ settlement talks
Class Actions 2025-12-09 4:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has refused a bid by several KFC franchise owners to send a notice encouraging group members register for an underpayments class action prior to mediation, which the applicant argued would “blow up” settlement talks. 

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CIP can subpoena police in $30M suit over Carver’s Reach development
Construction 2025-12-10 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

CIP Group can subpoena Queensland Police, with a judge finding the timing of an ex-business partner’s complaints to police may be material to a change of tack in CIP’s $30 million suit over a residential development.

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Judge partly bars Rebel Wilson’s US cross-claim over The Deb
Defamation 2025-12-08 11:59 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has issued an injunction against actress and director Rebel Wilson, partially blocking her cross-claim in US defamation proceedings launched by producers of her film, ‘The Deb’.

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Greensill can’t access privileged copy of Tokio Marine unit’s database
Insurance 2025-12-08 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Collapsed supply chain finance company Greensill Bank can’t access a copy of a Tokio Marine unit’s database, with a judge finding the copy was created for the primary purpose of HWL Ebsworth providing legal advice.

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‘Not responsible litigants’: Fed-up judge issues 30th judgment in vodka TM case
Intellectual Property 2025-12-08 11:31 pm By Andy Sidler

After years of pre-trial stoushes, a trademark dispute over Russian vodka has worn a Federal Court judge’s patience thin, with the judge remarking that the court was entitled to expect better from the litigants.

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York Property loses appeal of $12.7M decision in dispute over Gold Cost high-rise
Construction 2025-12-09 11:35 pm By Andy Sidler

York Property has lost an appeal in a dispute with builder Tomkins over a payment claim for work on a Gold Coast high-rise, with the appeals court declining to set aside an adjudicator’s decision that was later cut down to $12.7 million. 

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BHP’s $110M class action settlement OK’d, with half going to lawyers, funder
Class Actions 2025-12-05 11:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has approved a $110 million settlement in a class action against BHP over the collapse of a tailings dam, and has OK’d fees and commission reducing the sum by 50 per cent, despite concerns the costs were excessive.

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