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After a successful appeal of a decision found to be "personal and idiosyncratic", a Sydney developer can move ahead with plans to demolish a boarding house to make way for four luxury residences in Paddington.

A court has found a Pelligra Group unit validly terminated leases for offices in a Melbourne CBD building rented by Birdies Mini Golf owner Stephanie Doyle after she failed to meet a deadline for agreement on floorplans.

A Whitehaven Coal unit has succeeded in overturned four convictions for a 2020 blast at its Maules Creek mine that was found to breach environmental laws.

Hall & Wilcox has hired a property and disputes lawyer and his team of three to build out its offering in Adelaide. 

Hong Kong-based private equity firm JY Group has paid $670 million to acquire a 50 per cent stake in the Westfield Marion, Adelaide's largest shopping centre, from Singapore-based Cuscaden Peak Investments.

The preferred bidder for the Liberty Bell Bay smelter in Tasmania has withdrawn from the process, less than a month after its involvement was announced. 

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised North Queensland Airports, the owner of Cairns Airport and Mackay Airport, on the $1.085 billion refinancing of its corporate bank debt financing.

A NSW Supreme Court judge looking to bring class actions back to the state says legislation that would allow common fund orders at an early stage of proceedings was a "no-brainer".

Western Australia's government is set to introduce legislation for the establishment of an independent watchdog to deal with complaints about the state's judges and magistrates.

Pitcher Partners has argued in its case against a former client over a $1.3 million abort fee that treating proposed deal changes as material departures would enable parties to avoid such fees by putting forward absurd terms.