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Mastercard says privilege shouldn’t be lost after junior lawyer’s ‘genuine mistake’
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-15 11:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mastercard says legal professional privilege remained over a document after a junior lawyer “inadvertently” sent it to the ACCC in 2020 while the credit card giant was trying to dissuade the regulator from continuing an investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct.

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ANZ trader seeks to delay start of trial after discovery dump
Employment 2025-08-15 11:53 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A former ANZ trader that sued the bank five years ago for allegedly sacking him for complaining about the bank’s attempted manipulation of the bank bill swap rate wants the trial date pushed out after receiving thousands of documents from the bank.

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Ashurst’s failure to register client’s $51M interest over Infinity pharmacies an ‘oversight’: court
Healthcare 2025-08-15 11:44 pm By Andy Sidler

A junior Ashurst lawyer’s failure to register a drug wholesaler’s $51 million security interest over a group of Infinity pharmacies was inadvertent, a judge has found in granting a bid to extend the deadline for registration.

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Magnis Energy misses deadline in ASIC’s battery plant disclosure case
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-15 11:29 pm By Andy Sidler

Magnis Energy Technologies has missed the deadline to file its evidence in ASIC proceedings over allegedly misleading disclosures about its lithium ion battery plant, with a court hearing the company’s new lawyers have not had a chance to brief counsel. 

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Murray Darling authority slams class action’s ‘incoherent’ duty of care claim
Trials 2025-08-14 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The public body in charge of managing the Murray Darling’s water resources has slammed as “incoherent” a class action’s claims that it owes a duty of care to protect farmers and irrigators against economic loss.

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ASIC holds no ‘special position’ when it comes to indemnity costs for doomed cases: judge
ASIC 2025-08-14 11:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

The corporate regulator should not be immune from the risk of special costs for actions doomed to fail, says a judge who flayed ASIC last month for bringing a case against TerraCom directors it should have known was a dud.

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Lendlease wins OK for $1.7B residential project near Queen Victoria Market
Construction 2025-08-15 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

The federal government has given Lendlease the final green light for a three-tower residential development on land adjacent to the Queen Victoria Market after almost a decade of planning. 

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Salta sells off 50% stake in Melbourne’s Preston Market to Medlich
Real Estate 2025-08-15 11:19 pm By Christine Caulfield

Property group Salta has shed its 50 per cent interest in Preston Market to long-standing co-owner Medlich as part of a strategy to expand its build-to-rent business.

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CBS seeks summary dismissal of defects suit over lux Canberra development
Construction 2025-08-15 11:54 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Developer CBS Commercial has asked a court to summarily dismiss a defects suit over a luxury lakeside development in the leafy Canberra suburb of Kingston, arguing the case has no reasonable prospects of success.

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Builder has no separate right to compensation for Brisbane rail land grab, court says
Article 2025-08-15 11:03 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Queensland construction company that bought land following its resumption by a state government agency is not entitled to be compensated for the land grab, a court has found.

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