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Western Sydney University is facing a class action alleging it misled students into studying a health engineering degree that was unaccredited, on the heels of similar claims being leveled at the University of Newcastle.

Property group Catalyst has won $31.7 million from a trustee corporation of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland over a suite of scuppered transactions for land and aged care homes.

Engineer Monadelphous has lost a fight that will affect its ability to run a limitations defence in a suit over alleged defects in a sewage plant upgrade on the Sunshine Coast.

The developers of an industrial-chic Melbourne apartment building have won a fight against the building's owners corporation over a lease that allowed Vodafone to store telecommunications equipment on the roof.

A judge has declined a creditor’s bid to wind up Victorian builder Roberts Construction Group, finding that the application relied on a “very modest” debt and involved a solicitor’s email “cast in threatening terms”. 

A judge has ordered federal prosecutors to drop a criminal tax fraud case against a medical researcher, finding an ATO officer lied and tampered with evidence during the probe.

In the latest chapter of a long-running dispute, a developer has failed in its appeal bid to tear down the historic Subiaco Theatre in Western Australia, despite raising public safety concerns.

The Legal Practice Board in Western Australia has revealed more data, including lawyer data, was accessed during a 21 May cyberattack than was previously thought.

St Hilliers unit Thornton Operations has won court approval for a $450 million plan to develop a mixed-use precinct that includes 526 homes, after reaching an agreement with the local council.

Another company is being pulled into a class action over a fatal bus crash in NSW's Hunter Valley, with infrastructure consulting firm AECOM planning a cross-claim against engineering firm GHD Australia.