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Council sues builder ADCO over $59M contract for Kew Recreation Centre
Construction 2025-03-07 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Boroondara City Council has sued ADCO seeking urgent orders that it sign a deed of guarantee under a $59 million contract to redevelop Kew Recreation Centre, as the builder faces charges over a roof collapse.

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Star’s former CEO accused of ‘false account’ in money laundering trial
Trials 2025-03-05 11:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Facing a grilling at trial in ASIC’s money laundering case, Star’s former boss has been accused of giving a false account of a conversation he had with the casino operator’s head of due diligence.

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Companies face ‘rapidly evolving’ cyber threats, says new Gadens tech partner
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-03-05 11:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Companies are facing complex challenges in managing information security due to rapidly evolving cyber threats and a complicated regulatory landscape, according to a new technology partner at Gadens.

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‘Unsound’: High Court arguments over historic St Kilda Rd property panned
Appeals 2025-03-04 11:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The valuer general has knocked arguments by developer WSTI Properties in a High Court dispute over a heritage property in Melbourne, saying the contentions are “unavailable and unsound”. 

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VCAT should have considered Cremorne development’s impact on views, court told
Construction 2025-03-04 11:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

EPC Pacific is facing a fight after it got the go-ahead from Yarra City Council to build an 11-storey mixed use office building in an inner city Melbourne suburb.

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Melbourne developer snaps up Footscray site for $40M
Construction 2025-03-04 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

R&F Property has sold a 2.99 hectare vacant site in central Melbourne to a local developer, with an approved development plan for over 1,200 dwellings. 

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Judge shuts down Lovisa counsel’s ‘pejorative remark’ about employment class actions
Class Actions 2025-02-28 10:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge hearing a suit against Lovisa has questioned whether it should proceed as a class action, but shut down a ‘pejorative remark’ by the jewellery chain’s barrister about Fair Work class actions.

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Gen AI ‘next frontier’ in construction, but not without its risks, experts say
Analysis 2025-03-03 4:42 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Generative artificial intelligence is a game changer for the construction industry, promising better collaboration and fewer costly mistakes, but the technology also presents a host of thorny legal challenges, experts say.

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Stamford unit sues Parkview over 700-apartment Macquarie Park development
Construction 2025-03-03 3:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A unit of Singapore developer Stamford Land Corporation has sued Parkview Constructions over alleged defects in a 700-apartment development in Sydney’s Macquarie Park. 

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Munich Re can bring fresh claims in $700M case against AMP
Insurance 2025-02-27 3:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Munich Reinsurance has been given the OK to bring additional claims in its $696 million lawsuit, which accuses AMP of misleading or deceptive conduct over a quota share agreement.

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