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A judge has rejected a misleading conduct claim against a builder who professed his “passion” for building high-end homes to a client, but put the builder on the hook for over $1 million in damages for rectification works.

A contractor for a proposed $100 million country club near Perth has lost a round in a legal battle that has stalled the project, losing a bid for a freezing order against the landowner.

Energy tender firm AEMO has awarded ACEN Australia a contract for its pumped hydro project in the latest competitive tender round as part of the NSW electricity infrastructure roadmap.

The valuer general has knocked arguments by developer WSTI Properties in a High Court dispute over a heritage property in Melbourne, saying the contentions are "unavailable and unsound”. 

EPC Pacific is facing a fight after it got the go-ahead from Yarra City Council to build an 11-storey mixed use office building in an inner city Melbourne suburb.

A developer wants declarations that it is not on the hook for $2 million in fees related to a debt facility for a Highett apartment project that was upended by a compulsory acquisition for the Suburban Rail Loop.

R&F Property has sold a 2.99 hectare vacant site in central Melbourne to a local developer, with an approved development plan for over 1,200 dwellings. 

The funder backing a class action against Transport NSW by residents displaced by the construction of Sydney's WestConnex tunnel has brought proceedings seeking $1.4 million from the lead plaintiffs.

Melbourne accounting firm Blue Rock has taken its former associate director of accounting to court, claiming she breached her employment contract by making the jump to competitor Nexia.