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The owners of land acquired by Transport for New South Wales to build the M12 motorway to the new Western Sydney Airport must be compensated an additional $28.6 million to align with the value of their property after it was rezoned, a court has found.

Transport for NSW has issued a warning to M6 construction contractors CPB, Ghella and UGL over a “sustained failure” to resume work on the Sydney motorway after sinkholes forced a halt to the project in 2024.

A dispute resolution lawyer with expertise in arbitration, particularly in the energy and renewables sectors, has joined Dentons’ Brisbane office as a partner after three years at Clayton Utz. 

The corporate regulator has filed proceedings seeking to wind up a company in the steel empire of billionaire Sanjeev Gupta for failure to lodge financial reports for four years. 

A Queensland solicitor has been referred to the Legal Services Commission after filing submissions in a client’s traffic offense case that a judge said contained fake citations and may have been AI-generated.

MinterEllison has advised Mirvac on a contract for a major redevelopment at the site of the former Sydney Fish Market.

The reluctance of Pacific Werribee Shopping Centre co-owner Wadren to withdraw a non-compliant expert report in a $356 million defects case against the collapsed Probuild has raised the hackles of the presiding judge.

A law firm bringing a class action alleging Harvey Norman sold worthless warranties is seeking a 30 per cent group costs order, arguing times have changed and that the court should only consider GCOs awarded in the past year. 

An upcoming trial in a case over a Victorian Liberal Party-linked company's decision to give former party leader John Pesutto a $1.5 million loan to help him avoid bankruptcy has been vacated.

A Sydney lawyer has successfully defended a case alleging he should have advised an X-ray business and its director that their defences in proceedings against medical device maker Philips were hopeless.