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Polyaire hit with $15.2M judgment over fire at leased industrial site
Construction 2025-10-02 11:39 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Air conditioning wholesaler Polyaire has been ordered to pay $15.2 million in damages in relation to a 2018 fire at a Seven Hills, NSW, factory complex it leased caused by its placement of wooden pallets in a open yard.

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Jon Adgemis declares bankruptcy ahead of Federal Court hearing
Bankruptcy 2025-10-02 11:57 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

On the eve of a Federal Court bankruptcy hearing, Sydney-based publican Jon Adgemis and founder of Public Hospitality Group has declared bankruptcy, days after five of his pubs were placed into receivership. 

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In High Court case, ASIC reminds justices litigants can’t ‘choose their judges’
Courts 2025-09-30 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge did not need to recuse himself from deciding the penalty in ASIC’s case against Sunshine Loans because his earlier adverse credit findings — far from giving rise to bias concerns — were relevant to the task, the regulator has told the High Court.

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Developer appeals $158M asset freeze won by Keystone liquidators
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-09-30 11:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Developer Robert Filippini is appealing a ruling that granted the liquidators for Keystone Asset Management’s expanded freezing orders of up to $158 million in assets as well as two family trusts and four luxury cars. 

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Australian Clinical Labs agrees to $5.8M penalty over data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-09-29 12:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

In the first penalty to be handed down for breaches of the Privacy Act, pathology services provider Australian Clinical Labs has agreed to cop a $5.8 million fine over a 2022 data breach that compromised the personal information of 223,000 customers of its Medlab business.

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ANZ whistleblower trial kicks off, with trader admitting inappropriate messages
Employment 2025-09-29 11:28 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Former ANZ trader Etienne Alexiou has admitted during cross-examination that lewd messages sent to other bankers through Bloomberg’s messaging platform were inappropriate and could cause offence.

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Clayton Utz senior advisor won’t give evidence in ANZ whistleblower trial
Trials 2025-09-29 11:45 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

ANZ can’t call its former group chief risk officer — now a strategic advisor for Clayton Utz — to give evidence as it defends a whistleblower case by former trader Etienne Alexiou.

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RV maker Jayco must back up defence claim in ACCC case, court says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-09-29 11:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Jayco must spell out its claim that it explained the specific features of its recreational vehicles to customers, as part of its defence to an ACCC case over alleged misleading statements, a judge has said.

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Public Hospitality venues in receivership ahead of Adgemis bankruptcy hearing
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-09-30 11:18 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Deutsche Bank has appointed receivers to five pubs owned by Public Hospitality Group ahead of a bankruptcy hearing against the group’s owner and former KPMG partner, Jon Adgemis.

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In Google carriage fight appeal, Piper Alderman claims law firms’ cooperation anti-competitive
Class Actions 2025-09-26 11:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Piper Alderman claims a judge erred in finding there was no evidence that an agreement between Maurice Blackburn and Phi Finney McDonald to cooperate in running an ad tech class action against Google was struck for an anti-competitive purpose.

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