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Prefab home builder takes owners to High Court after $500K judgment
Real Estate 2025-10-13 3:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A prefab home builder has filed an application with the High Court after it was ordered to pay $500,000 in damages for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct to convince a couple to vary their contract to allow the use of cladding they had previously rejected.

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Corrs Chambers lures tax pro with stamp duty expertise from Ashurst
Real Estate 2025-10-13 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has snagged a tax partner from Ashurst with special expertise in the stamp duty, amid an ASIC review into the rule requiring superannuation funds to disclose stamp duties as fees.

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Construction company UCBC wins spat over production notice in trade secrets case
Construction 2025-10-13 11:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Civil construction firm United Crib Blocks Construction has won a fight over a notice to produce in a case alleging a former employee has misused the company’s confidential information.

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Vulcan Energy signs offtake agreement with Glencore
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-10-13 11:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Vulcan Energy has reached an agreement to supply up to 44,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide monohydrate from its Lionheart project to resources giant Glencore.

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Pentana can’t withdraw admissions in misuse of market power case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-10-09 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has declined car dealer software supplier Pentana’s bid to withdraw admissions made over four years ago in a dispute with competitor Titan DMS.

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Samsung Bioepis shoots down Janssen patent for ulcerative colitis biologic
Intellectual Property 2025-10-09 11:59 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Samsung Bioepis has successfully opposed Janssen’s bid to patent a monoclonal antibody to treat ulcerative colitis, but an IP Australia delegate has given the J&J-owned company a chance to fix its application.

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Court tosses fifth suit against Frasers over One Central Park planter boxes
Construction 2025-10-10 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Owners of apartments in Sydney’s One Central Park, who are embroiled in disputes with developer Frasers over defective planter boxes on the building’s façade, can’t get a court declaration to impact rectification works.

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Judge vacates trial in $27M suit over defects in Liverpool residential development
Construction 2025-10-10 11:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has vacated an upcoming trial in a $27 million lawsuit against a unit of Coronation Property over alleged defects in a Liverpool high-rise.

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Hamilton Island resort can’t vary security in $15M suit against insurer, builder
Construction 2025-10-10 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A luxury Hamilton Island resort has lost its bid to vary the form of security ordered last year in its $15 million suit over allegedly defective rectification works completed in the wake of Cyclone Debbie. 

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As trial approaches in case over $30M Brisbane development, more security ordered
Construction 2025-10-10 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Developer CIP Group must fork over another $1.17 million in further security for costs in a derivative case against entities associated with a 600-lot development in Brisbane.

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