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Victoria's decision to cap counsel fees for government work has been slammed by the Bar's president as "unfairly and disproportionately" affecting women barristers.

Traditional land owners in the central Pilbara have sought to declass a group proceeding over waste from the Wittenoom asbestos mines, after the WA government argued claims predating the Federal Court’s class action regime were barred.

A co-founder of collapsed property development group Steller has argued in the High Court it is unfair to bind him to a previous owner’s acquiescence to the use of a driveway by his prominent Mornington Peninsula neighbour.

In reasons for siding with a Regis Resources unit, a judge has found former environment minister Tanya Plibersek lacked authority to declare part of the McPhillamys gold mine heritage protected after she received new information about a "central and material" Dreaming story. 

A judge has refused an activist group’s bid for documents that it says were constructively before the former Western Australia environment minister when he approved a 40-year extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf. 

Fortescue and its joint venture partners on the Iron Bridge iron ore project in Western Australia have sued two companies that allegedly supplied defective pipeline for the project.

The owners corporation at a mixed use development on the lower north shore of Sydney has lost an appeal seeking work orders against builder Ceerose and developer Zone Q, after partially winning its initial case.

Property developer Casey Group is weighing a cross-claim against Rossdale Golf Club in response to proceedings launched by Interpac unit Brencorp, which alleges Casey devised an "underhand deal" to block its acquisition of the southeast Melbourne club.

Optus has won an appeal against a council's decision to refuse its plan to build a telecommunications tower in Killcare Heights on NSW's Central Coast.

BESIX Watpac has been selected as the preferred contractor to build the Macquarie Point Stadium in Hobart, a month after being selected to build a 63,000-seat stadium in Brisbane for the 2032 Olympic Games.