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Court finds bar on anti-competitive contracts doesn’t apply to land
Construction 2025-07-07 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge hearing a dispute over a lot in Victoria’s Merrifield Business Park has found that the Competition and Consumer Act’s bar on contracts that substantially lessen competition does not apply to a market in land.

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Russell Kennedy adds two lawyers to property group
Construction 2025-06-20 11:39 pm By Andy Sidler

Russell Kennedy has bolstered its property practice, luring lawyers from Johnson Winter Slattery and Colin Biggers Paisley. 

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Developer Universal can’t resist payment claim after failure to serve schedule
Construction 2025-06-19 11:31 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has ruled against developer Universal, which resisted a payment claim under the SOP Act, saying it couldn’t raise a defence pointing to the contract after failing to serve a payment schedule.

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Blue Sky founder can drop class action claims against Gadens, Nine
Class Actions 2025-06-17 11:50 pm By Sam Matthews

A class action alleging a conspiracy against collapsed investment fund Blue Sky continues to be whittled down, with a court giving the firm’s founder the green light to drop claims against a handful of defendants, including law firm Gadens and AFR publisher Nine.

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Anglican church loses challenge to Lion’s brewery storage tanks
Construction 2025-06-10 11:20 pm By Andy Sidler

The Anglican Church’s Brisbane diocese can’t block the installation of ethanol tanks at a brewery adjoining the Francis Theological college, with a judge finding no “unacceptable risk” of explosion.

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Parkview reaches settlement in Australia Towers cladding case
Construction 2025-06-05 11:44 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Parkview Constructions has reached a settlement in an owners corporation’s lawsuit over allegedly combustible cladding at the Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park.

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Trial in Australia Towers cladding case delayed as Parkview nears settlement
Construction 2025-06-04 11:15 pm By Sam Matthews

The owners corporation suing Parkview Construction over alleged combustible cladding at the Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park is “hopeful” of a settlement being reached, a court has heard on the eve of trial.

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Judge won’t let ACCC case against Spotless, Ventia get ‘totally unwieldy’
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-05-30 11:54 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge hearing the ACCC’s price-fixing case against Downer EDI’s Spotless and Ventia has proposed an initial hearing to determine if the companies are in competition, saying he won’t let the case become “totally unwieldy”.

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Judge shuts down Parkview’s tweak to cross-claims in Australia Towers cladding suit
Construction 2025-05-19 11:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has rejected Parkview Constructions’ bid to tweak its cross-claims in a lawsuit over alleged combustible cladding at the Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park. 

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State court can rule on competition claim in dispute over Merrifield lot
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-05-14 11:56 pm By Andy Sidler

The Victorian Supreme Court has found it can rule on a competition claim by the owner of a lot in the Merrifield Business Park masterplanned community over a restrictive covenant preventing it from leasing the land.  

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