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Lane Cove tunnel operator can add claims to $300M case against builders
Allens 2022-07-25 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has granted a bid by the operator of Sydney’s billion-dollar Lane Cove tunnel to add a new claim in the five-year-old dispute alleging the concrete lining used in construction was defective.

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Class action filed over strip searches at NSW music festivals
Class Actions 2022-07-22 12:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

The state of NSW faces a class action over police strip searches at music festivals that is calling for aggravated and exemplary damages for the “invasive and unlawful” treatment of hundreds of festivalgoers.

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Funder wants $13.2M commission from confidential Opal Tower class action settlement
Alexander Barnett 2022-07-20 1:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

Although the settlement sum has not been disclosed, court documents in the Opal Tower class action reveal the litigation funder backing the case will seek $13.2 million in commission when the parties appear before the court later this year.

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Investment manager for Kahlbetzer family sacked after pregnancy announcement: lawsuit
Contracts 2022-07-12 4:41 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

An investment consultant at Kahlbetzer family investment vehicle Twynam Investments has filed a lawsuit alleging she was sacked over the phone a month after telling the company she was planning for a baby.

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Claims pared in class action over sinking Sydney homes
Class Actions 2022-07-08 5:33 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Sydney homeowners bringing a class action over homes they claim are sinking into the ground won’t be able to recoup alleged losses from the engineering company that certified the lots for development.

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Appeal lodged in class action by cruise voyagers forced to take the bus
Class Actions 2022-06-24 10:18 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Cruise operator Scenic Tours is appealing a courtroom loss that could see it owing $25 million in damages in a class action by travelers who were promised a “once in a lifetime cruise along the grand waterways of Europe” but were instead forced to take the bus from city to city due to heavy rain and high water levels.

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Crown Sydney gets go-ahead to resume NSW gaming operations
Crown Resorts 2022-06-22 3:11 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Crown Casino has been given conditional approval to reopen gaming operations in Sydney following its takeover by private equity firm Blackstone.

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Maddocks fights $13M judgment, says negligence was ‘marginal’
Chief Justice Andrew Bell 2022-06-20 9:42 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Appealing a $13 million damages judgment for negligent advice to a former client that allegedly led to a botched sale and administration, law firm Maddocks told a court Monday the business had “miniscule” chances of surviving even if the sale had been successful.

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Lawyers urge AG to retain flexibility of COVID-era online hearings
Business of Law 2022-06-17 9:34 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

The head of NSW’s peak legal body has called on the state’s Attorney General to retain a number of COVID-19 measures to improve access to justice.

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‘Parlous situation’: Mascot Towers owners file court bid to sell troubled buildings
CBA 2022-06-17 4:51 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Owners of Sydney’s Mascot Towers are facing a “parlous situation” as they file an urgent court bid to sell the two buildings after $16 million was spent to repair structural cracks that made the apartments unliveable.

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