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Bushfire class action specialists investigate case over Tenterfield, NSW blaze
Class Actions 2021-05-19 4:30 pm By Christine Caulfield Melbourne

Maddens Lawyers is investigating a potential class action over the Mount Mackenzie Road fire in Tenterfield, NSW, allegedly caused by power lines operated by Essential Energy.

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Class action launched against council over sinking Sydney homes
Class Actions 2021-05-19 3:34 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Homeowners in a Western Sydney suburb have filed a NSW Supreme Court class action against the local council, a developer and geotechnical engineers seeking compensation over homes they claim are sinking into the ground.

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Crown’s Barangaroo casino could open by end of year, but cash is out
Crown Resorts 2021-05-13 4:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Crown Resorts has struck a deal with the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority to make all gaming in its casinos cashless to combat money laundering, with the regulator saying its Barangaroo casino in Sydney may open its doors by the end of this year.

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Sydney sues Telstra to block payphone installations
Maddocks 2021-05-11 5:03 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

The city of Sydney has sued Telstra to block the telecommunications giant from carrying out the allegedly unlawful replacement and installation of payphones throughout the CBD area.

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COVID-19 lease cancellation test case filed by Sydney bar
Bartier Perry 2021-04-22 5:17 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A shuttered upmarket cocktail bar in Sydney is seeking damages from its former landlord after the termination of its lease agreement during the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to close less than a year after opening its doors.

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Solomon Lew’s retail giant The Just Group sued for $3.4M in unpaid rent
Arnold Bloch Leibler 2021-04-20 1:28 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

Australian investment management group Fortius Funds Management has taken retail giant The Just Group to court seeking millions of dollars in allegedly unpaid rent for four stores in Sydney’s MidCity Shopping Centre.

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‘Not comforting or chivalrous’: Barrister reprimanded for sexually harassing solicitor
Business of Law 2021-04-16 9:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

A Sydney barrister who has admitted to sexually harassing a young female solicitor in a NSW Supreme Court conference room is facing disciplinary action for unsatisfactory professional conduct.

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Judge rejects government’s attempt to limit liability in Murray Darling class action
Agriculture 2021-04-13 3:27 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has found the Commonwealth and Murray Darling Basin Authority are not “public authorities”, striking out large portions of their defence in a class action brought by farmers alleging negligent oversight of water management in the critical Australian river system.

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‘Millions of dollars of cash in bags’: Cryptocurrency trader wins lawsuit against fraudster
Bernard Coles 2021-03-30 4:39 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A cryptocurrency trader has won judgment of over $1.96 million in a NSW Supreme Court lawsuit against companies owned by a convicted fraudster over a deal involving “millions of dollars of cash in bags and suitcases” and a settlement that was reached and then ignored.

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Judge pushes for trial early next year in Opal Tower class action
Alexander Barnett 2021-03-25 3:30 pm By Miklos Bolza Sydney

A judge has suggested hearing the long-running class action over the Opal Tower disaster as early as the first quarter of next year, as the court juggles three concurrent lawsuits and a slew of cross-claims over the doomed building.

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