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Judge wants more than ‘bland’ claim of defects in Hyundai, Kia class actions
Class actions against Hyundai and Kia say they need a third round of document discovery, two years into the cases, but a judge has said the applicants should first detail the alleged engine defects at issue.
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Dexus must sell stake in $1.7B shopping centre to Macquarie after failed appeal
An appeals court has rejected Dexus' challenge to a finding that it must sell its 50 per cent stake in Sydney’s largest suburban shopping centre to Macquarie Retail, saying its arguments contradicted the “evident commercial purpose” of the contracts at issue.
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Collapsed Sharvain Facades owes $54M to Multiplex, Scentre, other creditors
Building façade company Sharvain, which went under last month, owes major builders $54 million, according to a judgment pushing out the date for a creditors meeting.
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Airservices to face ‘substantially expanded’ case by Perth Airport over PFAS
A judge has allowed Perth Airport to amend its case against sublessee Airservices over alleged groundwater contamination from the use of firefighting foam, finding that allowing the airport to describe PFAS chemicals as "potentially toxic" would not render the case ambiguous.
Firm, funder set to take half of AIG settlement in Linchpin class action
Details of a settlement with AIG in a class action by investors in failed Linchpin reveal the insurer has paid out all of a $10 million policy and will hand over another $2.15 million in interest and costs.
ACCC enforcement head Liza Carver leaves competition cop, to return to HSF
ACCC commissioner Liza Carver is leaving the regulator just three years into a five-year tenure, at a time of a noticeable drop in enforcement by the competition cop under Gina Cass-Gottlieb.
Qube wins clearance from competition cop to buy MIRRAT with conditions
Port logistics giant Qube has won the ACCC's blessing to buy port operations provider MIRRAT under the condition that it agree to not discriminate against downstream competitors at the Port of Melbourne.
High Court won’t take up Gunns creditor’s fight with liquidators
The High Court won't hear an appeal by a creditor of collapsed forestry giant Gunns Plantations seeking to toss winding up proceedings brought after it failed to pay back $1.2 million in unfair preferences. 
Funder’s CEO told female director to ‘make way for thrusting young bucks’, suit says
The CEO of litigation funder Woodsford told a female director to swallow her "pride and ego" and make way for a younger, male collague, a new lawsuit claims.
Westpac looks to shield Allens chronologies in AUSTRAC class action
Westpac is arguing timelines prepared by law firm Allens are privileged and should not be handed over in a shareholder class action over its alleged lax compliance with anti-money laundering laws.