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Crown sues Lendlease over combustible cladding at Metropol
Entertainment 2025-02-06 11:15 pm By Sam Matthews

Crown has sued Lendlease and a host of other companies that signed off on the use of combustible cladding on the faƧade of the Metropol in Southbank, which it says resulted in two years of expensive rectification work.

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Oreana sells Kallo Town Centre development for $64.5M
Construction 2025-02-06 11:20 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Property group Oreana has sold its Kallo Town Centre development for $64.5 million to ASX-listed company Region Group.

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Victoria’s inquiry into regional housing crisis gets underway
Victoria 2025-02-05 11:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

A state parliament inquiry is underway into the supply of homes in regional Victoria amid a critical housing shortage.

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Banksia silk wants to cross-examine prosecutor’s witnesses in criminal case
White Collar 2025-01-31 11:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

Disgraced barrister Norman O’Bryan will seek to grill two witnesses for the prosecution in a criminal case accusing the former silk of attempting to fraudulently obtain $1.3 million in fees.

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Dentons adds major projects partner from Baker McKenzie
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-02-04 11:58 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Dentons has welcomed a partner from Baker McKenzie to join its infrastructure, major projects, and energy team in the firm’s Melbourne office.

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Law firm failed to bring ‘blindingly clear’ $1M claim for economic loss, court told
Trials 2025-01-30 5:28 pm By Sam Matthews

The plaintiff in a negligence case against Waller Legal has told a court the firm ignored his ā€œblindingly clearā€ claim for loss of earning capacity in a historic sexual abuse case.

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Court rejects ‘trawling exercise’ ahead of Waller Legal negligence trial
Trials 2025-01-28 11:42 pm By Sam Matthews

The plaintiff in a negligence case against Waller Legal has failed in his last-minute call to vacate the trial to obtain more documents, an exercise a judge said would “make a mockery of the Civil Procedure Act”.

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Victoria says pepper spray class action about protestor ‘misbehaviour’
Class Actions 2025-01-28 11:11 pm By Sam Matthews

Defending a class action brought over Victoria Policeā€™s use of force against protestors at a mining conference in 2019, the state has told a court the case would centre on when peaceful protesting crosses a line.

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In win for union, court muzzles St Vincentā€™s talk on bed closures
Employment 2025-01-24 11:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A nurses union has won orders barring St Vincent’s Private from representing to nurses that protected industrial action in relation to the closure of beds at various hospitals is unlawful and unprotected.

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Citing class action, VCAT rejects MP’s bid for hotel quarantine docs
Class Actions 2025-01-24 11:51 pm By Andy Sidler

A bid by Victorian Liberal MP David Davis for documents on the state’s hotel quarantine program has largely failed, with a tribunal finding their release could prejudice an ongoing class action.

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