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Developer owes financier after using tax refund for $23M Sydney home: court
Real Estate 2025-02-12 11:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A developer is on the hook for $2.6 million after a court found he misappropriated a tax refund associated with a scheme to develop property in Spring Farm, NSW and put it towards a luxury Sydney home in his wife’s name. 

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High Court declines Opal Tower insurers special leave bid
Insurance 2025-02-10 11:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined to hear an appeal by insurers over coverage for the class action defence costs of Opal Tower’s consultant engineer.

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Silk settles fight with Telstra over email bounce-backs
Telecommunications 2025-02-10 11:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A senior barrister has reached a settlement with Telstra in his suit alleging the telco flagged his emails to Bigpond addresses as spam and failed to send them. In a suit filed in July in the Federal Circuit and Family Court, Brisbane-based silk Anthony Morris KC alleged that since an unknown date, estimated to be…

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High Court won’t hear contempt appeal by Clive Palmer’s nephew
High Court 2025-02-10 10:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has rejected Clive Palmer’s nephew bid for review of a decision that rejected his bid to dodge contempt proceedings.

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AGL appeals $25M penalty for overcharging welfare recipients
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-02-10 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

Energy company AGL is fighting a $25 million penalty imposed by a court for continuing to deduct payments from hundreds of welfare recipients after their accounts were closed.

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High Court to hear case to revive Sydney light rail class action
High Court 2025-02-07 11:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on when uncommon use of land amounts to a nuisance in a class action by small business owners over Sydney’s light rail construction.

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Class action accuses NSW developer, council of negligence
Class Actions 2025-02-07 12:50 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A class action has been filed against a NSW luxury developer and a local council by property owners alleging the land selected for a 683-lot project was unfit for residential development.

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Obeids, Macdonald ask High Court to toss convictions for bid-rigging
Appeals 2025-02-06 11:10 pm By Andy Sidler

Jailed former Labor politicians Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and his son Moses Obeid, have asked the High Court to toss their convictions for conspiracy to rig a mining exploration tender.

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Steller directors deny they intended to make $120M guarantee
Construction 2025-02-10 11:14 pm By Andy Sidler

Former directors of Steller Developments have told a court they did not intend to guarantee the company’s debt in the event of bankruptcy, as trial kicked off in proceedings by the collapsed Melbourne developer’s liquidators. 

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Defunct Westpac unit RAMS settles trade mark dispute with fund manager
Intellectual Property 2025-02-06 11:54 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Defunct Westpac mortgage broker RAMS has reached a settlement in a trade mark stoush with fund manager Real Asset Management.

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