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Insurers lose bid to join MTR, UGL to case over Northwest Rail Link
Construction 2025-12-19 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

A group of insurers can’t join Northwest Rail Link joint venture partners MTR and UGL to a suit by CPB Contractors and John Holland over a $100 million policy, with a judge saying the joint venture’s interests in the case are commercial rather than legal. 

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Court won’t hear separate question in fight over Rundle Mall lease valuations
Construction 2025-12-17 11:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A court has declined tenant Realside Rundle Square’s bid for a hearing on a preliminary question concerning a term in its lease in proceedings against M3Property and a valuer alleging tenants of Adelaide’s Rundle Mall have been overcharged for rent since 2006. 

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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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Judge partly bars Rebel Wilson’s US cross-claim over The Deb
Defamation 2025-12-08 11:59 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has issued an injunction against actress and director Rebel Wilson, partially blocking her cross-claim in US defamation proceedings launched by producers of her film, ‘The Deb’.

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More claims fly in Rebel Wilson’s fight with The Deb’s producers
Defamation 2025-11-28 11:48 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Rebel Wilson wants a court to shut down a cross-claim launched by a company linked to her film ‘The Deb’, the latest salvo in the director’s battle with the movie’s producers.

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Kennedys poaches Wotton Kearney lawyer for healthcare practice
Business of Law 2025-11-28 11:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Kennedys has lured a lawyer away from Wotton Kearney to join the healthcare practice in its Brisbane office.

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AI Film wants anti-suit injunction over Rebel Wilson’s US cross-claim
Defamation 2025-11-20 11:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Production company AI Film wants a NSW court to issue an anti-suit injunction against actress and director Rebel Wilson, after she filed a cross-claim in legal proceedings in the US.

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Court approves $8.7M settlement in Exactech class action
Class Actions 2025-11-13 4:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved a “modest” $8.7 million settlement in a class action against medical device maker Exactech over allegedly defective joint replacements, saying the settlement was fair and reasonable given the limited assets of the company, whose parent has filed for bankruptcy in the US.

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Developer’s lawyers dodge personal costs order after trespass trial delay
Construction 2025-11-14 11:03 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has refused to make a personal costs order against the former lawyers for a Canberra developer who sued two owners corporations for trespass and was lumped with costs after the trial was adjourned.

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Wotton Kearney brings on cyber partner from Colin Biggers Paisley
Business of Law 2025-11-10 1:23 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Wotton Kearney has nabbed a cyber law expert from Colin Biggers & Paisley to join its partnership.

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