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Clothing giant H&M has been hit with a costs order after a judge found it was unreasonable for it to maintain a suppression application in a Fair Work case brought by its former head of human resources in Australia.
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The developer of a $50 million apartment complex in Brisbane’s West End has lost an appeal against builder Devine Constructions’ claim for $3.7 million, as the developer seeks damages for alleged delays caused by water ingress.
The latest new suits feature billion-dollar infrastructure brawls, fresh employment claims against Telstra and Woolworths, and regulators flexing their enforcement muscle.
The engineering firm behind the Kwinana energy transformation hub in Western Australia wants the High Court to hear a union's case alleging it fraudulently failed to disclose information to the Fair Work Commission.
A judge has ruled a class action on behalf of First Nations people in NSW whose children were allegedly unlawfully removed can bring a claim alleging group members were treated unfairly because of their race.
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The owners of Millmerran Power Station and Commodore Coal Mine in Queensland are appealing a $30 million win for contractor BUMA, and have won their bid to challenge subsequent costs orders.
A judge says a shareholder class action against IAG can add a new damages claim, despite the insurer arguing it was untethered from any contravention and “clearly bad in law”.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has brought proceedings against former Keystone directors and compliance committee members, the latest in a flurry of suits over the collapse of the Shield and First Guardian Master funds.
The ACCC has taken a debt collection agency and an associated legal practice to court for sending 320,000 allegedly misleading debt notices, describing the legal practice's alleged conduct as "particularly troubling".
A settlement has been reached in a dispute over more than $100 million in shares in AI data centre start-up Firmus Grid ahead of an expected $7 billion IPO, just days before the company's founders were due to give evidence in court.