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High Court to weigh $2.9M valuation for heritage property in Melbourne CBD
Real Estate 2025-01-17 10:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The valuer general of Victoria has told the High Court that a property in Melbourne’s CBD should be valued at $6.2 million rather than $2.9 million, despite a heritage constraint on development. 

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Russian aluminium giant appeals Rio Tinto war sanctions case to High Court
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-01-13 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

Russian company UC Rusal wants the High Court to hear its appeal of an “extremely harsh” finding that Rio Tinto was entitled to refuse alumina deliveries due to export sanctions.

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Appeals challenge declassing orders in COVID-19 insurance class actions
Class Actions 2025-01-13 11:02 pm By Sam Matthews

Law firm Gordon Legal has filed appeals after a judge ordered the declassing of several proceedings over COVID-19 business interruption losses.

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Bulldogs take fight over damages for fan’s abuse to High Court
Appeals 2025-01-10 1:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Western Bulldogs, formerly the Footscray Football Club, has launched a High Court challenge to a $6 million award to a fan who was sexually abused by a club volunteer.

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Another judge overturns decision for uncritical copying and pasting
Courts 2025-01-08 12:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

In the latest case of a ruling being reversed for copying and pasting, a judge has quashed the AAT’s decision to cancel a student visa for failing to bring an independent mind to the issues.

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High Court asked to weigh in on ‘public purpose’ for land acquisition
High Court 2025-01-08 7:15 pm By Sam Matthews

Transport for NSW has asked the High Court to weigh in on when land is acquired for a ‘public purpose’, in a dispute over the value of land acquired near the Western Sydney Airport.

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New Zealand’s highest court endorses early common fund orders
Class Actions 2025-01-07 10:51 am By Cindy Cameronne

ANZ Bank New Zealand has lost its bid to appeal a ruling that common fund orders can be made in class actions, including at an early stage of the proceeding,

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Babcock & Brown shareholders can’t stay costs orders in failed 10-year-old case
Appeals 2025-01-07 5:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Shareholders in collapsed financial services firm Babcock & Brown have lost their bid to stay costs orders after losing a ten-year-old dispute.

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‘Truly lamentable’: Solicitors score partial win in tax appeal
Tax 2025-01-06 8:47 am By Sam Matthews

Two Queensland solicitors have scored partial wins in their decades-long disputes with the tax office because of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal’s “wholesale failure” to give proper reasons.

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High Court asked to weigh in on Katy Perry trade mark stoush
Intellectual Property 2025-01-03 5:52 pm By Sam Matthews

An Australian fashion designer has asked the High Court to overturn a Full Court win for singer Katy Perry in a long-running trade mark dispute, saying the court’s findings “wrongly privilege the powerful and famous over ordinary traders”.

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