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Developer PPK Group appeals defeat in HWL Ebsworth negligence suit
Appeals 2021-09-10 2:19 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Property developer PPK Group is challenging the dismissal of its long-running negligence case against law firm HWL Ebsworth over the $25.5 million sale of Crown-owned Sydney land.

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Aveo class action judge tells parties to stop ‘stalling’ as he rules against loss hearing
Adam Bell 2021-09-02 2:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A judge has questioned why a class action against Aveo Group has “stalled” after tossing the retirement home provider’s bid to determine group members’ loss in a preliminary hearing, saying the questions in the case could not be “neatly separated”.

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Judge wary of deciding ‘hypothetical’ loss question in Aveo class action
Adam Bell 2021-08-31 7:23 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Retirement home provider Aveo Group, which is facing a class action by residents, wants a court to determine group members’ loss in a preliminary hearing, but a judge has questioned whether he is barred from deciding the “hypothetical” question.

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Judge sets course to avoid ‘Brobdingnagian’ trial in PFAS class actions
Australian Government Solicitor 2021-08-20 5:31 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

With mediation failing to resolve an expansive class action against the federal government over its use of allegedly toxic firefighting foam, a judge has charted a plan to avoid a “Brobdingnagian” trial and efficiently determine the claims of group members around eight military bases across Australia.

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CoreLogic infringed real estate photographer’s copyright, appeals court says
Anthony Messina 2021-08-19 1:50 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Property data analytics firm CoreLogic infringed the copyright of a real estate photographer by uploading images from realestate.com.au to its own property data platform without a licence, the Full Federal Court has found.

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Appeal dismissed in dispute over $81.8M Parklea Markets sale
Appeals 2021-08-18 9:33 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Sydney retail personality Con Constantine has lost an appeal seeking to bolster a $4.25 million judgment in his favour over the $81.8 million Parklea Markets sale in 2016.

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Macarthur-Onslow family feud over ‘undervalued’ Lendlease land shut down by court
Anne Horvath 2021-08-03 4:56 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A court has shut down the latest legal spat between the children of one of Australia’s richest families, finding a lawsuit over a $200 million real estate transaction was not brought in good faith and that running the case was not in the best interests of the company involved in the deal.

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Funder seeks to recoup $14.8M debt in lawsuit against Sydney developer
Cogent Lawyers 2021-08-02 6:18 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A litigation funder is suing a Sydney property developer over a $14.8 million debt stemming from a cause of action it acquired from the liquidators of the collapsed project manager behind the firm’s real estate projects.

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Class action against NSW government alleges fraudulent acquisition of Westconnex land
& Legal 2021-07-29 6:15 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The NSW Government is facing a class action alleging it fraudulently acquired land for the construction of the WestConnex tunnel and caused loss and damage to 3,000 land holders along the route.

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Law firm Levitt Robinson agrees to take down Google ads for Aveo class action
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2021-07-23 2:41 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Law firm Levitt Robinson has agreed to remove a series of Google ads promoting a class action against retirement home provider Aveo Group on behalf of residents over changes to the terms on which they could re-sell their units.

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