Victoria

A former star of Real Housewives of Melbourne has denied altering text messages in a case alleging her sister gave her a $2 million Toorak townhouse in return for relinquishing her stake in a music production business.

A Melbourne gynaecologist faces a possible class action by women who claim they underwent unnecessary endometriosis surgeries.

A tribunal has overturned a council decision which rejected National Storage’s proposal to build a two-storey storage facility and box shop in a rapidly expanding suburb in Melbourne’s south west. 

A feud between a reality TV star and her sister over a $2 million Toorak townhouse is playing out in court, with a judge hearing the sisters sealed a deed of gift over the apartment with their fingerprints.

The daughter of a Villawood director accused of a fraudulent design to divert valuable management fees for a development in Victoria has invoked her privilege against self-incrimination over the developer’s concerns that she may have destroyed evidence. 

Property developer Castleway has succeeded in its challenge to a ruling limiting its payment entitlements under a development agreement with TPC Group.

The owners of two trusts that manage properties in Melbourne’s south-eastern and western suburbs have won a land tax refund after a court found Victoria's revenue office should have assessed the holdings separately.

The former chair of Cor Cordis has sued the insolvency firm, claiming it passed resolutions in “bad faith” that reduced the value of its work in progress from $23 million to $12.7 million to avoid paying out his proper retirement entitlements. 

Victoria may appeal a decision in a class action that found police unlawfully deployed pepper spray at a 2019 protest, a court has heard, as the state loses a bid to avoid the applicant's full legal costs.

Stephen Donaghue KC has been sworn in as a new judge on the Victorian Court of Appeal, with attendees at a welcome ceremony hearing the former Solicitor-General has so many High Court appearances -- close to 200 -- that "even AustLii gave up counting".