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Judge content to keep $4M Geocon construction dispute in Federal Court
Construction 2025-11-12 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge who previously questioned why Geocon’s $4 million construction dispute over two Canberra developments was in the Federal Court has said he will continue to hear the case.

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Mobil to cop $16M penalty for misleading consumers about fuel
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-11-10 2:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mobil Oil has agreed to pay a $16 million penalty after admitting it ran false ads in far North Queensland claiming it was selling a specific brand of fuel with certain benefits, when in fact it was suppling ordinary fuel. 

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Billboard company Manboom loses trespass case against Jemena Gas
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-11-11 11:36 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Billboard company Manboom has suffered a loss in its case against Jemena Gas alleging the presence of underground gas infrastructure at a site in Mascot, NSW that supplies gas to 1.6 million customers amounts to trespassing.

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Solicitor who misrepresented judge’s view loses appeal of caution
Legal Ethics 2025-11-10 11:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A solicitor who attributed a barrister’s submission about his client’s capacity to a Supreme Court judge in a letter to a costs assessor has lost an appeal of a NSW Law Society decision to caution him.

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Skycity can’t shut down case alleging discrimination against new dad
Employment 2025-11-10 1:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

SkyCity has lost its bid to dismiss a claim by a former employee who alleges he was discriminated against because he was a parent of a newborn child and dismissed because he made whistleblower reports. 

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Second CommInsure class action settles in as many days
Financial Services 2025-11-07 2:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action over alleged inflated insurance policy premiums charged by advisers of two Commonwealth Bank wealth management licensees has settled, the second class action over CommInsure to resolve this week.

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Judge questions AMP class action’s bid to ‘prettify’ case on eve of trial
Class Actions 2025-11-07 11:14 pm By Sam Matthews

The applicant in a class action against AMP wants to amend the case five years in and three months out from trial, but a judge has warned he will look dimly on any changes that disrupt the evidence planned for the hearing.

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Builder Bloc suing over defects in Newcastle development
Construction 2025-11-10 11:43 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Developer Bloc is locked in a dispute with a contractor on the Watervue residential development in Newcastle, who it has accused of carrying out defective piling works.

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G8 Education loses appeal over ex-chair’s criminal defence costs
Appeals 2025-11-07 3:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Childcare provider G8 Education on Friday lost a challenge to a ruling that it cover the legal costs of its former chair, who faced criminal charges that were dropped in March.

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AGN must detail reasonable grounds for ‘Love Gas’ ads, ACCC says
Greenwashing 2025-11-07 4:40 pm By Sam Matthews

In its case accusing Australian Gas Networks of greenwashing with ads promising gas was “becoming renewable”, the consumer regulator is pushing the company to identify who it says had reasonable grounds for the statements.

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