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Property group Cromwell loses discovery bid for case against hostile suitor ARA
Corporate 2020-10-21 11:44 am By Christine Caulfield

Real estate investment giant Cromwell Property Group will not get the court’s help in pursuing a case of “unlawful association” against its largest shareholder, Singapore-based ARA Group, which has made a $518 million hostile takeover bid, and the family of Chinese billionaire Gordon Tang.

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Law firm in fee dispute with Barfly’s loses urgent bid for $745,000
Real Estate 2020-09-30 2:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

A law firm that negotiated a $2.4 million settlement for Melbourne’s Barfly’s in a negligence suit against the Bourke Street cafe’s former solicitors is now in litigation itself against Barflys over unpaid fees, but a bid by the firm for the cafe to hand over $745,000 to the court in trust has fallen flat.

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Clive Palmer launches second lawsuit seeking to shut down resort class action
Securities 2020-09-11 8:51 pm By Miklos Bolza

Clive Palmer has brought another lawsuit trying to stifle funding for a class action filed by villa owners at the deserted Palmer Coolum Resort on the Sunshine Coast.

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Sneakerboy judgment paves way for COVID-19 rent relief until April
COVID-19 2020-09-03 4:26 pm By Alison Eveleigh

In a judgment that will be welcomed by retailers, a court has found that rent relief under the Federal Governmentā€™s mandatory COVID-19 code of conduct can be extended for at least six months after the regulations expire in October.

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$2.5M settlement in GST class action wins court approval
Class Actions 2020-08-19 5:34 pm By Alison Eveleigh

A judge has signed off on a $2.5 million settlement of a class action against the developers of the Governor Place residential complex in Canberra brought by apartment owners over the GST payments on their units, with the funder of the proceedings to earn $1.9 million.

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Meriton settles with sacked general counsel, says case was a ‘misunderstanding’
Employment 2020-08-19 5:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Billionaire real estate developer Harry Triguboff and his company Meriton have settled a dispute with the former group general counsel of the property giant, who claimed he was sacked after refusing to lie, saying the unfair dismissal case arose from a ā€œmisunderstandingā€.

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Judge winds up unregistered Askk land banking scheme that raised $11M
ASIC 2020-08-17 2:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has ordered the winding up of Askk Investment Group and the unregistered managed investment scheme it operated in Beveridge, Victoria, that raised more than $11 million from investors.

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Resort villa owners to file strike out bid of Clive Palmer lawsuit
Class Actions 2020-08-06 4:01 pm By Miklos Bolza

Villa owners of the ill-fated Palmer Coolum Resort have flagged an impending strike out bid of a lawsuit brought by Clive Palmer, in which the mining magnate seeks to prevent the owners supporting a separate class action against him.

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Sparke Helmore hits back at $1M negligence lawsuit by Shoal Bay developer
Sparke Helmore 2020-07-23 5:59 pm By Alison Eveleigh

National law firm Sparke Helmore has denied allegations in a $1 million negligence lawsuit that it failed to properly advise a Shoal Bay property developer over the sale of two units in the coastal town, saying that it failed to receive the required instructions.

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Ashurst partner hit with indemnity costs in Point Piper property feud
Real Estate 2020-07-22 10:26 am By Christine Caulfield

An Ashurst partner in a long-running stoush with his former Family Court judge neighbour over a property in the harbourfront Sydney suburb of Point Piper has been hit with indemnity costs for “unreasonably” pushing his case.

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