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King & Wood Mallesons has lost a seasoned M&A partner with expertise in real estate and infrastructure deals to Gilbert + Tobin.

The developer of a luxury apartment complex in Sydney's CBD has fended off a stay application in a spat with the owners corporation, with a judge finding that it was not precluded from resolving their dispute through the courts.

The owners corporation for an apartment complex in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda has lost its adverse possession claim over a tennis court mostly located on adjoining land, with a judge finding their use of the property was subject to a lease. 

Monadelphous Group has won a $110 million contract with offshore engineer BW Opal to provide maintenance services at a facility off the coast of Darwin.

Builder Leda Constructions has lost its bid for injunctions that would prevent the principal in a $4 million building contract from calling on two bank guarantees worth $101,553 each. 

A court has found that two of the three heirs to the owners of property investor Kurtz Group can continue to use the services of Arnold Bloch Leibler, finding no risk of conflict. 

A tribunal has refused to terminate a lease for a dairy farm in Raleigh, NSW and declined to order $500,000 in compensation over claims the tenants are responsible for deterioration in the property, including the “uncontrolled infestation” of a noxious weed. 

Victoria’s state government has approved the development of a new wind farm on the fringes of protected wetlands and a national park. 

Australian architecture firms Cox and Hassell will team up with Japanese firm Azusa Sekkei to design a new stadium for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A Sydney developer who claims his solicitor provided faulty advice relating to a financing facility for a project that went into receivership has been granted access to documents from the lawyer.