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Crown sues Lendlease over combustible cladding at Metropol
Entertainment 2025-02-06 11:15 pm By Sam Matthews

Crown has sued Lendlease and a host of other companies that signed off on the use of combustible cladding on the façade of the Metropol in Southbank, which it says resulted in two years of expensive rectification work.

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Callide Energy can’t block sale of interest in Queensland power station
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-02-06 11:06 pm By Andy Sidler

Callide Energy has failed in a courtroom bid to block the sale its partner’s interest in the joint venture for the construction and operation of Queensland’s Callide power station.

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Cushman & Wakefield unit loses suit over $1.2B property services acquisition
Real Estate 2025-02-05 11:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Commercial property firm DTZ Worldwide has lost its bid for $243 million in damages related to its acquisition of United Group from UGL Limited over United’s alleged failure to disclose that a key contract was “loss-making”. 

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CapitaLand exec accused of stealing $2.7M still missing in South Korea
Real Estate 2025-02-05 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Singapore real estate asset manager CapitaLand is still looking for an executive accused of stealing $2.7 million, eight months after securing freezing orders against him, a court has heard.

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Judge recuses himself from United Petroleum’s fight with Perth Airport over lease
Construction 2025-02-05 4:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has recused himself on the eve of trial from hearing a dispute between United Petroleum and Perth Airport over a lease and construction agreement, after revealing he had a relationship with one of the petrol chain’s witnesses.

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Associate of Graaf Group founder can’t block sale of $22M Potts Point property
Real Estate 2025-02-04 11:44 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected an “ambitious and novel” freezing order sought by a creditor and former associate of bankrupt Graaf Group founder Gennaro Autore over a $22 million boutique hotel in Potts Point.

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‘Dogmatic statements’: Lawyer affidavits slashed in Energy Resources suit
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-02-04 11:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge hearing a discovery spat in a suit by Rio Tinto unit Energy Resources has slashed two affidavits from the company’s lawyers, calling them “little more than dogmatic statements”.

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WA transport authority can’t dodge developer’s loss of profit case over land acquisition
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-02-03 11:56 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Western Australia’s Public Transport Authority has lost its bid to summarily dismiss a developer’s suit for damages over a $2 million compulsory land acquisition.

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Feros Group’s expansion plans for NSW South Coast hotel fall flat
Construction 2025-02-03 11:11 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

An appeal by publican Feros Group against the Shoalhaven City Council’s rejection of its plan to expand a Victorian-era pub has been dismissed by the NSW Land and Environment Court.

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Council loses opposition to ‘menacing’ development near Sydney coastal walk
Construction 2025-01-31 10:38 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An advertising exec has won the green light to build a two-storey residence on Sydney’s Tamarama headland, despite the council’s concerns that ten stone “cocoon” structures will “loom over” the iconic Bondi to Bronte coastal walk. 

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