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IMARC activist awarded damages in pepper spray class action
Class Actions 2025-12-12 11:05 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The lead applicant in a class action challenging Victoria Police’s use of capsicum spray during a protest over the International Mining and Resources Conference in 2019 has been awarded $54,000 in damages.

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OAIC won’t probe class action-style complaint over Optus data breach
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-12-12 11:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The privacy watchdog has given a preliminary view that it won’t investigate a class action-style complaint brought by Maurice Blackburn over a 2022 Optus data breach, citing its own proceedings, a court has heard.

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CPB, John Holland fight joinder of MTR, UGL to case over $8B Northwest Rail Link
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-12-15 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Northwest Rail Link builders CPB Contractors and John Holland are pushing back against a bid by several insurers to join joint venture partners MTR and UGL to a coverage spat over a $100 million policy. 

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Builder in ‘hibernation’ must pay Ertech security in payment claim row
Construction 2025-12-15 11:20 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has ordered Queensland builder ADLU to provide security in its dispute with engineering contractor Ertech, finding that its self-imposed “hibernation” disguised a practical impecuniosity.

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Thomson Geer lures construction partner from Addisons
Construction 2025-12-15 11:58 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A property and construction law expert who has worked on some of Sydney’s biggest projects has joined Thomson Geer’s partnership after a decade at Addisons.

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Judge won’t hold up Google class action waiting for competing case
Class Actions 2025-12-12 11:26 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing a jointly run class action against Google, which has already fended off a third proceeding in a contest to pursue the digital giant, will not keep the case waiting for a looming fourth action.

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AMP to pay $29M to settle another royal commission class action
Class Actions 2025-12-11 10:43 am By Cat Fredenburgh

AMP has agreed to pay $29 million to settle a class action alleging insurance customers were overcharged, putting to rest another case stemming from “serious misconduct” that came to light curing the 2018 banking royal commission.

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ADCO scores win in row with Boroondara over Kew building collapse
Construction 2025-12-12 11:12 pm By Andy Sidler

ADCO Constructions did not agree to guarantee work done by its subsidiary on the Kew Recreation Centre, a court has found, limiting Boroondara City Council’s options following a roof collapse. 

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Iplex fails to keep NZ parent out of builder’s defects case
Construction 2025-12-12 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

Fletcher Building Group unit Iplex has lost its bid to save its parent company from being joined to a case brought by builder J-Corp over allegedly defective pipes.

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Effort to revive $400M case over Pentridge Village development fails
Construction 2025-12-12 11:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

A developer has failed to revive its $400 million lawsuit against an investor over a development at the site of the former Pentridge Prison in Victoria, with an appeals court agreeing the case was properly dismissed. 

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