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Harry Triguboff’s Meriton sues NSW premier over Macquarie Park tower
Environment 2019-03-14 11:54 pm By Christine Caulfield

Billionaire property developer Harry Triguboff is taking NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to court in his fight for approval of a controversial tower in Macquarie Park, Sydney.

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High Court upholds spiritual attachment damages in landmark native title case
Appeals 2019-03-13 10:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has upheld a $1.3 million damages award to native title holders in the Northern Territory town of Timber Creek for their loss of spiritual attachment to the land, in the first ever assessment by the court of native title compensation.

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Country Care faces trial in first criminal cartel case against Australian company
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-03-13 7:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Mildura-based healthcare company and its boss have been committed to stand trial in the first criminal cartel case brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission against an Australian business.

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Clive Palmer’s wife can’t dodge liquidators’ grilling over Mineralogy’s assets
Alexander Law 2019-03-12 10:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Liquidators for the failed Queensland Nickel will be able to interrogate Clive Palmer’s wife over the assets of her husband’s other company, Mineralogy, after telling a court they feared Palmer was squandering company funds on his political campaign.

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Black & White Cabs loses injunction bid in misuse of market power case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-03-12 12:33 pm By Miklos Bolza

National taxi company Black & White Cabs has failed in its bid for a court-ordered injunction forcing Regent Taxis to supply booking and dispatch services to its Gold Coast fleet while the cab companies litigate a case alleging Regent is abusing its market dominance in the region.

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Class members waited too long to appeal Great Southern MIS settlement, court rules
Agriculture 2019-03-07 4:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

An appeals court has dashed the hopes of three group members of a resolved class action over managed investment schemes operated by agribusiness Great Southern Group who sought more time to appeal approval of the settlement deed, which put them on the hook for repaying their loans to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank.

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United Petroleum loses $2M award over compulsory land acquisition
Acting Justice Ronald Sackville 2019-03-06 5:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

An appeals court has overturned a ruling awarding $2 million in compensation to United Petroleum after the state government compulsorily acquired land on which the petrol retailer operated a service station and restaurant.

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CFMMEU abused safety officer at Qube work site, ABCC says in new action
Construction 2019-03-04 7:42 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Australian Building and Construction Commission has brought a new lawsuit against the CFMMEU, alleging the union organised unlawful industrial action and verbally abused a health and safety advisor at a Queensland building site.

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Court slams judge for ‘regrettable’ $2.8M award in Microsoft IP case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2019-02-28 7:17 pm By Miklos Bolza

A judge’s decision imposing damages of over $2.8 million on a Melbourne computer retailer facing an intellectual property lawsuit by Microsoft has been slammed as “regrettable” and a judicial “failure,” in a judgment overturning the ruling.

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Maurice Blackburn loses appeal over ATO bill on Black Saturday class action payout
Appeals 2019-02-28 2:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

Maurice Blackburn has lost a long-running fight with the Australian Taxation Office over a tax bill on two massive class action settlements secured by the firm for thousands of Black Saturday bushfire victims.

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