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Development manager behind $2.7B STH BNK project owes $100M
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-02-17 11:38 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The development management company behind the $2.7 billion STH BNK project, which was placed in administration last week, owes creditors — including lawyers, consultants and designers — over $100 million.

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S&P fails in bid for all class action expert evidence to be thrown out
Class Actions 2025-02-13 3:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Ahead of an eight-week trial in an investor class action in July, ratings agency S&P has lost its bid to throw out the entirety of the expert evidence in the case.

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Wright Prospecting heirs mull costs order against brother’s litigation funder
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-02-13 11:58 pm By Sam Matthews

The heirs of iron ore magnate Peter Wright have won a bid to haul their brother Julian to court to question him about the identity of the funder who backed his unsuccessful case against them in a dispute over their father’s estate.

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Government to ban home purchases by foreign investors
Real Estate 2025-02-17 4:41 pm By Andy Sidler

The Albanaese government has announced it will ban foreign investors from buying established homes for two years and also take steps to crack down on land banking.

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AI providers likely shielded from suits by lawyers, experts say
Feature 2025-02-13 11:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Lawyers will struggle to hold providers of legal artificial intelligence services liable for negligence but the situation may change as the technology becomes more sophisticated, experts have told Lawyerly. 

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No privilege waiver by Holiday Inn Express developer in claiming damages: court
Appeals 2025-02-17 11:51 pm By Christine Caulfield

The developer of a suite of Holiday Inn Express hotels has succeeded in its appeal of a ruling that laid bare privileged material connected to its lawyers’ bills.

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Lendlease resolves dispute over $625M land valuation for Sydney CBD plot
Construction 2025-02-17 4:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Lendlease has resolved its challenge to a valuation for the site of its $3.1 billion luxury development One Circular Quay, located between the Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. 

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MinRes confirms boss will step down over disclosure failures
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-02-13 3:38 pm By Andy Sidler

Mineral Resources confirmed Thursday managing director Chris Ellison will be replaced following a disclosure scandal detailed late last year, but no new penalties will be imposed.

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Competing class actions filed against Coles, Woolworth over ‘illusory’ disounts
Class Actions 2025-02-12 11:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

A second law firm has lodged class actions against Coles and Woolworths on the back of the consumer regulator’s claims that the supermarket giants’ discount campaigns were misleading.

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BHP class action can expand group definition, but not retroactively
Appeals 2025-02-12 10:34 am By Cindy Cameronne

A class action against BHP can include in the group member definition investors who bought shares on secondary platforms, but the change can’t apply retroactively.

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