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CIMIC class action funder takes $4.7M haircut from commission
Class Actions 2025-04-08 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

The litigation funder behind a class action against engineering firm CIMIC took a $4.7 million hit to its commission from a settlement after a dispute with the plaintiff’s law firm, according to a decision published Friday.

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NSW Liberals lodge class action over council nomination debacle
Class Actions 2025-04-08 11:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two NSW Liberal Party members have brought a class action after party officials failed to lodge their nomination forms for local government seats in the 2024 elections.

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HopgoodGanim bolsters energy transition offering with new partner
Business of Law 2025-04-08 11:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

HopgoodGanim has snagged a partner from HFW with in-depth experience in renewables to support the firm’s clients in the transition to net zero.

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Queensland energy class action can’t avoid defence costs pending appeal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-04-07 11:18 pm By Christine Caulfield

A failed class action against Queensland utilities Stanwell and CS Energy can’t delay payment of what might be in excess of $30 million in defence costs while it pursues an appeal, but has dodged a penalty for running a case the companies said was hopeless.

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Albanese, Dutton both pledge to take back Darwin Port
Politics 2025-04-07 11:04 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Opposition leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have both pledged to return Darwin Port to Australian control if elected.

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Thomson Geer picks up Hogan Lovells life sciences team
Business of Law 2025-04-04 11:57 am By Julia Kanapathippillai

A life sciences and regulatory expert and her team have joined Thomson Geer following the shuttering of Hogan Lovells’ Australian practice.

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Silk with class action, competition law chops appointed to NSW Court of Appeal
Courts 2025-04-02 3:28 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Sydney silk who has worked on several car defect class actions and represented Apple over claims it engaged in anti-competitive conduct in the app marketplace has been appointed to the NSW Court of Appeal. 

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Transport for NSW can’t get High Court to clarify scope of land acquisition law
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-04-03 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has refused special leave to Transport for NSW to weigh in on a dispute over the value of land acquired near the Western Sydney Airport.

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ICAC launches probe into ex-CEO of School Infrastructure NSW
Public Corruption 2025-04-03 11:07 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption will conduct a public inquiry into whether former School Infrastructure NSW CEO Anthony Manning and others improperly awarded contracts and jobs to their friends. 

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Salmon had to do it: New case targets Albanese fish farm carve-out in enviro law
Environment 2025-04-02 11:39 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Bob Brown Foundation has launched a legal challenge in the Federal Court against legislation that exempts industrial salmon farms from a key environmental law.

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