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United Petroleum wins lease dispute over ‘crater-size’ potholes
Construction 2025-03-26 1:25 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

United Petroleum has successfully sued the landlords of one of its petrol stations for failing to pay for repairs to potholes described as “more like large craters”.

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Judge shoots down Crown Group director’s objection to $500,000 payments
Construction 2025-03-18 11:14 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has found the liquidators for collapsed developer Crown Group would be justified in making $500,000 in payments to related companies Quay Group and Westport, over objections from a director that he was not consulted on a solicitor’s retainer.

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Mitsubishi wins bid to shield fuel consumption probe from class action
Class Actions 2025-03-17 11:40 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has accepted Mitsubishi’s argument that an investigation into the fuel consumption of its Triton cars is protected by litigation privilege and should not be handed over to a class action.

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Law firms ask court to bless $42.5M cut of $170M Allianz class action settlement
Class Actions 2025-03-11 11:57 pm By Sam Matthews

The Supreme Court of Victoria has been urged not to meddle with a 25 per cent group costs order in a junk insurance class action that settled for $170 million, in what would be the court’s second blessing of a law firm contingency fee.

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Crown Group liquidators sue partner on stalled luxury Southbank tower
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-03-06 11:04 pm By Christine Caulfield

Liquidators of collapsed developer Crown Group have brought legal action against the company’s partner in a joint venture to build a residential tower in Melbourne’s Southbank, seeking to force a sale of the property.

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Johnson Winter Slattery snags energy partner from DLA Piper
Business of Law 2025-03-03 4:14 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Johnson Winter Slattery has lured a partner from DLA Piper who has extensive experience working on major energy projects.

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ACCC cartel case to focus on whether Spotless, Ventia were in competition
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-02-25 1:53 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A key issue in the ACCC’s price-fixing case against Downer EDI’s Spotless and Ventia is likely to focus on whether the facilities services companies were in competition, a court has heard. 

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Mastercard continued usual document deletion despite ACCC probe, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-02-24 2:09 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Trial in the ACCC’s misuse of market power case against Mastercard has been pushed to 2026, after the US company failed to comply with discovery orders. 

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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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Former Star CFO reaches settlement with ASIC
ASIC 2025-02-05 11:17 pm By Sam Matthews

The former CFO of Star Entertainment has reached a settlement in ASIC’s case accusing ten executives of breaching their duties in relation to the casino operator’s lax money laundering compliance.

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