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The ACT's Territory Planning Authority can appeal a decision approving a $330 million, 691-unit development at the Gold Creek Country Club. 

Pharmacor wants to amend its defence in AstraZeneca's suit over the Australian drug maker's plans to launch a generic version of diabetes drug Forxiga so that it can argue a patent extension for the drug should not have been granted.

HWL Ebsworth might rely on expert evidence to show it acted reasonably in its representation of the Commonwealth in a $2.45 million settlement with Brittany Higgins, a deal at the centre of a suit by ex-defence minister Linda Reynolds.

Acciona has won $2.1 million from Zurich Insurance and two other insurers in a case alleging it was entitled to indemnity after severe weather events damaged work on the Bruce Highway project in Queensland. 

Describing it as the most significant corporate governance action taken in his time at ASIC, the regulator's chief says the Star case is a wake-up call for directors.

The judgment in ASIC's case against Star's top executives and directors sounds a warning that board members need to proactively test information and serves as a "stark reminder" to general counsel that their duties are owed to the company, not management, experts tell Lawyerly.

A law firm bringing a class action alleging Harvey Norman sold worthless warranties is seeking a 30 per cent group costs order, arguing times have changed and that the court should only consider GCOs awarded in the past year. 

A Federal Court judge has shot down Rebel Wilson's bid to have a defamation case brought by 'The Deb' lead actress Charlotte MacInnes transferred to the NSW Supreme Court.

A court overseeing a $356 million defects case has ordered Pacific Werribee Shopping Centre's owners to produce communications between an engineering consultant and Big Six firm Allens, finding legal privilege was waived.

The owners of land acquired by Transport for New South Wales to build the M12 motorway to the new Western Sydney Airport must be compensated an additional $28.6 million to align with the value of their property after it was rezoned, a court has found.