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BHP worries about class action rewriting case after misinterpreting report
Class Actions 2025-07-25 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

BHP has pushed back on reply submissions in a shareholder class action which the energy company says mistakenly interpret an internal report as putting the risk of collapse of BHP’s wastewater dam in Brazil at 25 to 50 per cent. 

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Receiver wins court orders over Sydney properties of Dyldam director
Construction 2025-07-28 11:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered the sales proceeds of Western Sydney properties linked to former Dyldam director Sam Fayad to be paid into court, saying there was an arguable case that the sales were intended to defraud creditors.

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Lifestyle wins stay of VCAT orders finding exit fees unenforceable
Real Estate 2025-07-28 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

Retirement village operator Lifestyle Communities has secured a reprieve from a ruling that found its exit fee policy was unenforceable, but has said it won’t spend the funds it collects while the stay is in place.

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iProsperity liquidators pursue Crown for $55M in gambling losses
Real Estate 2025-07-28 11:05 pm By Christine Caulfield

The liquidators of iProsperity Group want Crown to repay $55 million in company funds they say were gambled away by the real estate funds manager’s directors.

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Quintis class action says disclosure-linked share price drop ‘common sense’
Appeals 2025-07-25 11:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The judge who tossed a class action by Quintis’ shareholders should have found a restatement of assets would have materially affected the sandalwood company’s share price “as a matter of common sense”, a court has been told.

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Bulldogs can’t escape jury trial in second fan abuse case
Sports 2025-07-25 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Western Bulldogs football club has lost its bid to avoid a jury trial in a second lawsuit by a fan alleging he was sexually abused as a boy by a club volunteer in the 1980s.

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ASIC loses appeal in crypto case against Finder
Cryptocurrency 2025-07-24 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Full Court has rejected ASIC’s appeal of a ruling that fintech Finder did not need a financial services licence to sell its defunct cryptocurrency product, saying the product did not involve a debt for money. 

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Westpac can shield Allens docs in money laundering class action
Class Actions 2025-07-24 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

Westpac can shield reports prepared by Allens from a class action over money laundering compliance, with a judge finding they were produced predominantly in defence of AUSTRAC action that preceded the case.

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Werribee shopping centre wants AIG, others added to $356M suit against Probuild
Construction 2025-07-25 11:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The co-owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria are seeking to join collapsed builder Probuild’s primary insurer AIG and several excess insurers to their case over $356 million in alleged defects.

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Billionaire developer Bob Ell was ‘very abusive’ to long-time exec, court hears
Construction 2025-07-25 11:05 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A court has ordered companies in billionaire Bob Ell’s Leda Group to pay a senior executive $178,000 for terminating his retainer without adequate notice, ending what the court heard was an abusive working relationship.

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