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Developer Techin MBS has filed a lawsuit against Maddocks, claiming the law firm is liable for negligence if a contract of sale for a penthouse in Toorak with multi-millionaire Scott Shearman is not found to be binding.

As it battles for ACCC approval to buy the East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant in Western Australia, infrastructure giant Acciona faces litigation by waste management firm Veolia over the state's other major plant.

A court has rejected a property developer's bid to challenge a payment claim decision that found in favour of collapsed builder Kenik, the contractor on a $14 million Coles and Liquorland in Taringa.

The husband of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has been ordered to pay over $700,000 in damages and costs to former senator Linda Reynolds over social media posts found to have defamed the politician.

The privacy commissioner has found Kmart Australia breached privacy laws by using facial recognition technology in its stores to combat refund fraud, finding the privacy invasion was disproportionate.

One Nation senator Pauline Hanson will dispute adverse credit findings made against her as part of her appeal of a judgment in a racial discrimination case by Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi.

It faced defeat at the Full Federal Court and encountered a deadlocked High Court, still Aristocrat persisted in its seven-year fight to get patent protection for the popular Lightning Link poker machine. The long game paid off.

Releasing guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence, the Queensland court system has this week cautioned judges against the use of AI tools for decision-making. 

The federal government is slashing costs and red tape for offshore wind developers, in a bid to attract investment to the burgeoning industry. 

The federal government has announced its plan to reduce emissions by between 62 and 70 per cent on 2005 levels by 2035, a target the Climate Council has described as “timid".