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Pauline Hanson can’t get discount on costs in Greens senator’s case
Human Rights 2024-12-04 3:28 pm By Sam Matthews

Pauline Hanson’s argument that Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi should have brought her discrimination case in a cheaper jurisdiction has not persuaded the Federal Court.

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High Court won’t weigh in on abandoned $185M NSW development
Construction 2024-12-06 11:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined a request by Shinetec for it to weigh in a dispute over an abandoned $185 million development in Gosford, NSW.

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Acciona loses bid to transfer suit over $511M waste-to-energy plant
Construction 2024-12-06 11:40 pm By Andy Sidler

Spanish infrastructure giant Acciona has lost its bid to transfer a dispute over a $511 million waste-to-energy facility in East Rockingham, with a judge finding no overlap with another matter in the Federal Court. 

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Nuix class action judge rejects bid to close shareholder class action up to trial
Class Actions 2024-12-04 11:19 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has made a class closure order in a shareholder case against software company Nuix and underwriter Macquarie Capital, but rejected a bid to keep the order in operation until trial.

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High Court asked to restore win for Bed Bath N’ Table in fight with Bed & Bath
Intellectual Property 2024-12-04 11:08 pm By Andy Sidler

Home retailer Bed Bath N’ Table has asked the High Court to reverse a Full Court judgment that found retailer House did not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct in setting up its Bed & Bath stores.

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NAB super trustee free to use $165M fees ‘as it saw fit’, class action judge says
Class Actions 2024-12-03 4:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In the latest class action loss, a judge has said that $165 million in fees charged to members by NAB super fund trustee NULIS Nominees was corporate revenue “with which it was free to deal as it saw fit”.

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Coles, Woolworths say price increases were genuine, and so were the discounts
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-12-03 5:32 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Hitting back at the regulator’s claims of dodgy sales promotions, Coles and Woolworths say price increases were the result of real cost pressures, and subsequent discounts were not illusory.

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Dentons says former partner’s equity prospects curtailed by own conduct
Employment 2024-12-03 11:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

A former Dentons property partner claims he lost the opportunity for promotion when he was forced to resign, but the firm argues his own misconduct put paid to his prospects of joining the equity ranks.

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Start-up denies ex-Fortescue employees developed green iron on company dime
Intellectual Property 2024-12-03 11:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Element Zero has denied claims that three former Fortescue employees, including one executive, misused confidential information and developed a green iron process on the company dime.

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In class action defence, Toyota says ‘defeat device’ used to protect engines
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-12-03 11:47 pm By Andy Sidler

Toyota has denied a class action’s claims that devices installed in its vehicles were intended to cheat emissions tests, maintaining that they were designed to protect engines from damage.

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