Litigation

A $1 billion dispute between the owner and manager of the troubled Callide power station in Queensland will be reallocated, after a judge conceded that his knowledge of a key expert report could create an apprehension of bias. 

Retirement village owner Milstern was not obligated to exclusively negotiate with Sydney property developer Cranbrook for the sale of five of its villages, a judge has found in refusing to make orders blocking Milstern from talks with an alternative bidder.

The Tax Office wants to hive off a contract dispute between Japanese conglomerate Mitsui and its Kipper gas field partners Esso and Woodside in a fight over a $298 million tax bill.

An appeals court has overturned a finding that a Canberra golf course owner is restrained from developing the site by private covenants held by lot owners in a neighbouring residential estate.

The High Court has declined to take up an appeal by the developer behind the rebranding of the Seasons of Perth hotel, which asked the court to weigh in on "draconian" security of payment laws.

The High Court has declined to hear the appeal of a landowner that lost a bid to remove a section of the Grand Pacific Walk north of Wollongong because the popular walkway deprived it of car access to its coastal property.

A judge has tossed developer ApyHome's appeal of the refusal of its plan for an 88-lot development in Lawrence, NSW, finding it would have an unacceptable impact on the local car ferry service.

A judge has rejected a bid for an elder to inspect land at Brunswick Heads in his claim that developer Clarence Property will breach laws against desecration of Aboriginal objects when it builds artificial frog ponds as part of its 123-lot residential development.

Developer Geocon has failed to overturn a ruling blocking it from using 132 parking spaces at its Metropol mixed-use development in Canberra as a commercial parking facility.

Property developer Paul Chiodo faced a grilling in court on Wednesday over seven unfinished property developments and the Shield and First Guardian investor funds used to finance them.