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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.
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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.
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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.
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Acciona has filed cross-claims against engineering firms SMEC and Jacobs Group after being joined to a class action over a deadly bus accident in NSW’s Hunter Valley.
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.
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A judge has set aside an adjudicator’s decision that the head contractor for a luxury Gold Coast tower owes fitout company Starline $1.5 million, finding the subcontractor had obtained a District Court judgment over the same project.
The funder behind a class action against the operator of Gladstone Port has bowed out after spending $30 million on the case, and is weighing proceedings to recover its sunk costs from the law firm that initially ran the litigation.
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The owner of a dental practice compulsorily acquired by Sydney Metro for the Metro West project has lost a bid for $6 million in compensation, with a judge rejecting its claim for ‘special value’ in the land.
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The developer of the Berrybank wind farm must produce expert communications in a lawsuit over noise emissions from its turbines, but can shield documents pointing to any defects.
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Brisbane Airport has lost its bid for information about government-owned Airservices' handling of PFAS at other airports, in their $690 million dispute over use of the chemicals at the Queensland airport.