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Shell is facing $30 million arbitration proceedings from Indian renewables company Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy stemming from agreements to construct and operate the Gangarri solar farm in Queensland.

The executor of a $100 million estate is amending its case against PricewaterhouseCoopers that alleges the firm gave negligent advice and acted with a conflict of interest while advising on tax liabilities.

So-called trap calls to suspected intellectual property violators should not be made by solicitors, a judge has said, referring to two phone calls by a lawyer acting for a Queensland pool company in a trade mark dispute.

An appeals court has granted a builder's appeal in a dispute over payments for work on the Seasons of Perth hotel, finding the strict one-day deadline for serving an adjudication review application under Western Australia's Security of Payment Act is a jurisdictional requirement. 

Utility Sydney Water has claimed privilege over hundreds of documents said to reveal advice about its obligations when compulsorily acquiring land, in a dispute with a property owner over 21 hectares of land in Rosehill.

The owner of a proposed shopping centre development in Melton is appealing a Victorian Supreme Court order that it return $1.5 million to a defunct developer that allegedly breached a $30 million land sale contract.

Nuby has taken former distributor Playgro to court to enforce a US judgment, but a messy dispute has emerged over whether the baby products maker can pursue the company when its name is shared with another entity.

Queensland government-owned CS Energy has agreed to sell its 50 per cent stake in the Boulder Creek wind farm in central Queensland to Aula Energy.

A US-based infrastructure company and a laboratory testing and certification group have been selected to independently certify one of Queensland's biggest transportation projects ahead of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A group of Gold Coast residents has asked the High Court to overturn the approval of a nine-story luxury residential development, arguing the court failed to consider the 'reasonable amenity expectations' of neighbouring residents before allowing the building to exceed local height limits.