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Renewables company sued over unpaid commissions on $50M solar project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-16 11:41 pm By Sam Matthews

Proval Renewables has filed a lawsuit against renewables company May Brothers Holdings, seeking to hold it to an agreement to make commission payments of $4.5 million on a $50 million solar project.

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Dreamworld contractor successfully challenges SOPA decision
Construction 2025-09-16 11:49 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A theme park manufacturer contracted by Dreamworld to undertake $5 million in works has won a challenge to an adjudicator’s decision that found a payment claim was invalid because the company didn’t have a building licence.

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Pinsent Masons poaches PwC energy partner
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-16 11:50 pm By Sam Matthews

Pinsent Masons has lured a PwC partner to bolster its energy offering in Melbourne.

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Another judge rails against GenAI use, says even self-repped litigants must do their homework
AI 2025-09-12 11:11 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Another judge has railed against the use of generative AI in court proceedings, after a self-represented litigant filed an application to annul his bankruptcy that was replete with fake citations.

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Mastercard fights win for ACCC over in-house counsel communications
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-09-12 11:30 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Facing allegations that it misused its market power with major retailers, Mastercard is challenging a ruling for the ACCC that lays bare discussions about merchant agreements involving inhouse lawyers.

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High Court asked to decide if abattoir activists own footage copyright
Intellectual Property 2025-09-12 11:28 pm By Sam Matthews

An activist group has asked the High Court to overturn a decision finding it does not own the copyright for grim footage secretly obtained by trespassing at a Victorian slaughterhouse, arguing the case has consequences for press freedoms.

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Martinus Rail wins fight over $23M payment claim
Scott Robertson 2025-09-15 3:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Martinus Rail has won its fight against grain supply chain Co-operative Bulk Handling over a $23 million payment claim for building a rail siding in WA, with a judge finding that the deadline for responding to the claim began running from a Saturday.

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Shangri-La director takes aim at funding agreement for cladding suit
Construction 2025-09-15 11:14 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

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.

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Appeals court rejects ‘narrow, technical’ reading of VCAT’s powers
Appeals 2025-09-15 11:28 pm By Sam Matthews

A construction company has lost its bid to appeal a VCAT decision determining a $1.4 million dispute against it because of its conduct in the case, with an appeals court rejecting its “narrow and technical” reading of the tribunal’s powers.

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High Court won’t hear unreasonable transaction case over Adelaide CBD property mortgage
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-09-15 11:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

The liquidator of a company created to invest in an Adelaide building has failed in a High Court bid to reinstate a finding that the mortgage over the property was an unreasonable director-related transaction.

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