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Partial victory for Seasons of Perth hotel owner in spat with builder
Construction 2025-05-30 11:44 pm By Sam Matthews

The owner of Seasons of Perth Hotel has notched a partial victory in its fight with construction company Reward Group over performance bonds.

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‘Enough’s enough’: Judge warns no more leeway in NewQuay building spat
Construction 2025-05-30 11:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

After 50 directions hearings, a long-running dispute between the owners of a 23-storey building in Docklands and insurer AAI will go to trial next year, a fed-up judge has said.

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Co-ed a go, court says in win for Sydney’s prestigious Newington College
Education 2025-05-29 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A legal challenge over a Sydney private school’s plans to go co-ed has been dismissed, with a judge ruling the word “youth” in the school’s 150-year old founding document had a gender neutral meaning.

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Legal admissions board in WA victim of cyberattack
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-05-29 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Legal Practice Board in Western Australia has confirmed it was the victim of a data breach, with the bank details of the board and a small number of practitioners said to have been accessed.

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Coleman Greig defeats client’s claims in dispute over ‘exorbitant’ fees
Business of Law 2025-05-29 11:09 pm By Sam Matthews

A former client of Coleman Grieg has lost her challenge to alleged “exorbitant” fees charged by the law firm, with a judge also rejecting her contention that she signed costs notices under duress.

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Judge questions ‘problematic’ difference in preeminent class action firms’ rates
Settlement 2025-05-28 11:32 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has balked at Maurice Blackburn’s hourly rates in a jointly run class action against Treasury Wine Estates, questioning why the firm charged 20 per cent more than fellow preeminent class action firm Slater & Gordon. 

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Too late for Lendlease to run new argument in $120M Campbelltown land feud
Real Estate 2025-05-29 11:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Lendlease can’t bring new claims in an unsuccessful fight over Campbelltown plots worth $120 million, with a judge finding it was not appropriate to allow the amendments “at this very late stage”.

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Sydney law firm must pay $427,000 in negligence suit over land sale
Real Estate 2025-05-29 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has ordered a Sydney law firm to pay $427,000 to a former client after finding it drafted a defective notice in a land sale and defended proceedings that came about because of its own negligence.

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Charter Hall secures major tenants for $850M logistics hub
Real Estate 2025-05-29 11:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Real estate fund manager Charter Hall has secured leases for 90 per cent of its $850 million Light Horse logistics hub in Eastern Creek, Western Sydney.

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‘Extremely inconvenient’: Court unhappy with arbitration push in EnergyConnect project spat
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-05-28 11:52 pm By Sam Matthews

In a court fight between engineering firm Clough and its former joint venture partner Elecnor, a judge has questioned Elecnor’s “extremely inconvenient” bid to send Clough’s $54 million cross-claim to arbitration in Singapore.

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