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Dyno Nobel appeals loss in explosives patent spat with Orica
Intellectual Property 2025-08-29 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Explosives company Dyno Nobel is appealing a court’s dismissal of its case seeking to invalidate patents owned by rival Orica for a wireless detonation device.

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CBA fights class actions’ bid to keep ‘truly dead’ cases alive
Class Actions 2025-08-28 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

Following the failure of two class actions to prove market-based loss from the Commonwealth Bank’s disclosure breaches, the bank is fighting the class actions’ bid to pursue individual ‘no transaction’ cases, saying they were “trying to keep something alive that is truly dead”.

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Law firm investigates ‘loyalty tax’ class action against Suncorp
Class Actions 2025-08-28 1:36 pm By Christine Caulfield

Insurance giant Suncorp faces a class action investigation on behalf of millions of home and car insurance customers who were allegedly misled about their premiums and charged a so-called loyalty tax.

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Westpac’s $130M settlement in flex commissions class action approved
Financial Services 2025-08-28 2:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has signed off on Westpac’s $130 million settlement in a class action over flexible commissions paid to car dealers, bringing to an end three cases brought by Maurice Blackburn against lenders.

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Downer EDI wins spat with builder over $22M payment claim
Construction 2025-08-29 11:46 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found that builder DT Infrastructure’s application for adjudication of a $22 million payment claim against Downer EDI was discharged by Downer paying off a smaller claim of less than $1 million, which was the only amount expressly referred to in DTI’s application.

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Owners in Sydney beachside development on hook for car park licence fees
Construction 2025-08-29 11:49 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The owners of a landmark building in the Sydney suburb of Manly have lost their challenge to a decision which found they owed the local council over $419,000 in car park licence fees and damages for installing a roller door. 

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Barrister wins bid to move costs row with Giles George after cavoodle defamation case
Defamation 2025-08-28 11:15 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A Federal Court judge has refused to recuse himself in a dispute over legal fees following a Sydney barrister’s successful defamation case against Nine but has sent the matter to the NSW Supreme Court.

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Celebrity surgeon appeals loss in defamation case against Nine
Defamation 2025-08-28 11:26 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Munjed Al Muderis has appealed his loss in a defamation case against Fairfax and its owner Nine, after a judge found media reports of unethical and profit-driven promotion of an experimental procedure were substantially true.

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Class action against NSW Liberals seeks third go at pleading
Class Actions 2025-08-28 11:14 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A class action on behalf of nearly 150 NSW Liberal Party members who claim party officials failed to lodge their nomination forms ahead of the 2024 local government elections is seeking leave to file a third mended statement of claim.

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Piper Alderman appeals loss in fight to run Google ad tech class action
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-27 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

Piper Alderman is appealing a decision that stayed its competition class action against Google in favour of a competing case, saying group members had been deprived of a “substantially superior” funding model.

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