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The state of Victoria has been hit with a $500,000 judgment after three public servants were found negligent for failing to advertise Crown leases over Gabo Island and Tullaberga Island, a failure which has shut abalone fishers out of the area since 2019. 

A judge has thrown out a class action led by the father of famed mining investor Nathan Tinkler over claims ASX-listed Whitehaven Coal failed to fulfil an implied term of a $150 million share subscription. 

A law firm has lost its bid to stay a silk's case alleging he is owed a $280,400 cancellation fee for a class action in Queensland that was settled a month before trial. 

A former star of Real Housewives of Melbourne has denied altering text messages in a case alleging her sister gave her a $2 million Toorak townhouse in return for relinquishing her stake in a music production business.

A judge has struck out sections of natural gas exporter Australia Pacific LNG’s defence in Tri-Star’s long-running case over coal seam gas fields in Queensland, which centres on a $7.6 billion share sale to ConocoPhillips.

Courts continue to disagree on the meaning of 'serious harm' in defamation law, a threshold test introduced in 2021 that has raised the bar for plaintiffs claiming a publication has damaged their reputations.

A Melbourne gynaecologist faces a possible class action by women who claim they underwent unnecessary endometriosis surgeries.

A tribunal has overturned a council decision which rejected National Storage’s proposal to build a two-storey storage facility and box shop in a rapidly expanding suburb in Melbourne’s south west. 

A feud between a reality TV star and her sister over a $2 million Toorak townhouse is playing out in court, with a judge hearing the sisters sealed a deed of gift over the apartment with their fingerprints.

Singapore's OUE Real Estate Investment Trust has expanded into Sydney's CBD office market with the purchase of a 19.9 per cent interest in Salesforce Tower from Mitsubishi Estate Asia.