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Conduct of case by litigants, solicitors in servo dispute ‘atrocious’, court says
A judge has called the conduct of proceedings concerning a service station business “atrocious” and dismissed the claim after it was on foot for six years.
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In fight over $1B gold mine, Aboriginal group worries Regis could ‘police’ conduct
An Aboriginal corporation joined to Regis Resources’ fight against a decision related to its McPhillamys gold mine wants a costs capping order, concerned the mining company could otherwise “police" its conduct in the case.
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Dexus drops $683M for stake in Westfield Chermside shopping centre
Property giant Dexus has acquired a 25 per cent stake in Australia’s second-largest regional shopping centre from Scentre for $683 million.
Maurice Blackburn prevails in Hyundai, Kia class action beauty parade
A judge has awarded carriage of class actions against Hyundai and Kia to Maurice Blackburn after declining to allow a sixth offer by competing firm Banton Group, saying re-bids outside the orderly process of carriage fights must be "carefully assessed".
Judge orders longer soft class closure in KPMG class action over Arrium collapse
The judge in a class action against KPMG and ex-Arrium directors has made soft class closure orders, but chosen the longer period offered by the defendants, saying the risk of locking out unregistered members was no reason to pick an “unrealistically early” date to re-open the class.
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Infrastructure consultant Amey re-enters Aussie market with acquisition
UK Infrastructure consultancy business Amey is returning to Australian shores after acquiring local consultancy Premise.
IVF rebate class action launched against Medicare over ‘socially infertile’ label
A discrimination class action has been filed on behalf of single women and same-sex couples designated "socially infertile" and denied Medicare rebates for IVF.
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Appeal challenges WA EPA approval for Hemi gold project
Northern Star’s $1.3 billion Hemi gold project in the Pilbara is facing a challenge to the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority’s decision to green light the project.
Seek won’t cut off Employment Hero while court case plays out
Seek has agreed to maintain Employment Hero's access to its programming platform pending the outcome of the start-up's court action, which accuses the job listings giant of misusing its market dominance.
Qantas class action over flight credits blasts airline’s ‘wholly inadequate’ discovery
A class action against Qantas has characterised the airline’s document discovery as “wholly inadequate” and is resisting a bid by the airline for six more months to produce senior management emails.