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Property investment firm ISPT challenges $10M stamp duty assessment
Tax 2025-03-20 11:37 pm By Andy Sidler

Property investment firm ISPT has lodged a challenge to a $10 million stamp duty tax assessment for two acquisitions made in 2022.

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Brittany Higgins’ former manager brings Fair Work case
Defamation 2025-03-18 12:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former chief of staff to senator Linda Reynolds has launched action against the Commonwealth after she became a key figure in Bruce Lehrmann’s civil trial over Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations. 

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iProsperity liquidators sue developer of Ryde apartment project
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-03-18 11:43 pm By Sam Matthews

The liquidators of collapsed fund manager iProsperity have filed court proceedings against the developer of an apartment project in Ryde.

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Could second time be the charm for ASIC’s cyber enforcement?
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-03-13 12:29 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC is having another go at cyber enforcement after its first case accusing a company of breaching the Corporations Act by failing to have adequate cybersecurity systems largely flopped.

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Hall & Wilcox taken to court by liquidators of failed Hastie Group
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-03-13 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

Liquidators of collapsed engineering company Hastie Group have brought proceedings against Hall & Wilcox, the law firm for the company’s previous liquidators.

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Law firm defending junior doctors class actions might get a lot busier
Class Actions 2025-03-12 11:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Victorian healthcare providers facing class actions on behalf of junior doctors have turned to one law firm to lead their defence. And that firm might be about to get a lot busier.

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ASIC sues AustralianSuper over alleged death benefit claim delays
Superannuation 2025-03-12 1:46 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has taken Australia’s largest super fund to court over alleged delays in processing almost 7,000 death benefit claims, which the fund has blamed on COVID-19.

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Council sues builder ADCO over $59M contract for Kew Recreation Centre
Construction 2025-03-07 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Boroondara City Council has sued ADCO seeking urgent orders that it sign a deed of guarantee under a $59 million contract to redevelop Kew Recreation Centre, as the builder faces charges over a roof collapse.

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Chiodo wins more time to answer Venice Marriott case after ASIC raid
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-03-05 11:07 pm By Sam Matthews

Ex-Keystone director Paul Chiodo’s company has won more time to file a defence to a new suit by Keystone’s receivers over a failed transaction for the purchase a Marriott Hotel in Italy.

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Keystone receivers sue over failed Venice Marriott purchase
Real Estate 2025-03-05 11:11 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Ex-Keystone director Paul Chiodo has won more time to file a defence to a suit by receivers over a failed transaction for the purchase of a Marriott hotel in Italy, after ASIC’s seizure of documents in a raid last month.

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