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Liquidators appointed by the court to five companies behind $130 million worth of construction projects in Brisbane have won more time to bring potential claims while they investigate several matters, including an allegedly “very odd” tax situation.

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.