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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.

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.

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. 

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".

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.

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.

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.

MAC Copper, which operates the Cobar copper mine in NSW, has accepted a $1.6 billion takeover offer from South African-based gold mining company Harmony Gold.

Surfers Paradise's Cavill Lane retail precinct has been sold for $31 million to investment management companies Boston Global and The Property Factory.

Australian Tax Office whistleblower Richard Boyle has pleaded guilty to four charges connected to disclosures he made against his employer, but will avoid jail.