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Hansen Yuncken mulls suit against Victoria over $156M prison contract
Builder Hansen Yuncken is seeking preliminary discovery from the Victorian government as it mulls proceedings alleging the state interfered with the independence of a superintendent in relation to a $156 million contract to expand the Barwon prison near Geelong.
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Cases over $62M in land development units to be heard with Villawood’s suit
A Victoria Supreme Court judge has ordered the transfer of two cases over pre-emptive rights in a land development unit trust to the Federal Court, to be heard alongside a case by property developer Villawood.
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Australian Super property entity dodges $36M windfall gains tax
An Australian Super entity is exempt from a $36.2 million tax assessment following the rezoning of a property in Dingley Village, in the first tribunal decision under Victoria's Windafall Gains Tax Act. 
GrainCorp class action defeats security for costs application
A class action by property owners near a GrainCorp factory in rural Victoria has defeated the company's bid for security for costs, with a judge finding the orders would "stultify" the proceedings.
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GrainCorp loses bid for security in property owners’ nuisance suit
A class action by property owners near a GrainCorp factory in rural Victoria has defeated the company's bid for security for costs, with a judge finding the orders would stultify the proceedings.
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IGA can’t sue over council planning amendment, High Court told
The Victorian planning minister has told the High Court that IGA can't bring a lawsuit over a local council amendment allowing up to four supermarkets in the town of Shepparton, saying the case does raise a jurisdictional error. 
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High Court to hear IGA spat with Victorian planning minister
The High Court has taken up an appeal by the Victorian planning minister in a row with IGA that seeks guidance on the jurisdictional reach of the state Supreme Court in planning disputes.
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Court won’t toss Frankston golf club’s claims over $115M sale
The purchaser of Frankston’s $115 million Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club has lost a summary dismissal bid, with the court calling out its “contrariness” as stymieing the case's progress without real cause. 
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Shangri-La director strictly liable in Victoria’s combustible cladding suit
The director of collapsed Shangri-La Construction is personally liable for the $3.2 million in costs of rectification work on external cladding at an apartment complex in southeast Melbourne, a judge has found.
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Shangri-La director takes aim at funding agreement for cladding suit
The director of collapsed builder Shangri-La Construction wants to expand his defence in a suit over allegedly flammable cladding installed in a Melbourne building to argue a funding agreement with an owners corporation was not valid because nearly a quarter of owners abstained or voted against it.