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Ceerose, Zone Q must remedy defects in Sydney apartment building
Construction 2025-11-27 4:43 pm By Sam Matthews

An owners corporation has won orders requiring builder Ceerose and developer Zone Q rectify some defects in a Sydney apartment building, but failed to win work orders in relation to others.

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Cushman & Wakefield fights back in managing director’s dismissal case
Lander & Rogers 2025-11-27 11:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

Launching a cross-claim in a former managing director’s unfair dismissal case, commercial real estate broker Cushman & Wakefield wants orders for repayment of a $1.5 million bonus.

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Court won’t toss Frankston golf club’s claims over $115M sale
Real Estate 2025-11-27 11:46 pm By Andy Sidler

The purchaser of Frankston’s $115 million Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club has lost a summary dismissal bid, with the court calling out its “contrariness” as stymieing the case’s progress without real cause. 

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Northern Beaches wins challenge to approval of seniors living development
Appeals 2025-11-27 11:29 pm By Andy Sidler

A bid for approval of a seniors living complex on Sydney’s northern beaches has stalled after a court found a commissioner ignored mandatory considerations on the mistaken understanding that they conflicted with other planning requirements. 

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APAC shareholders must hand over silk, G+T advice in fight with Dexus
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-11-26 11:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Real estate asset manager Dexus has won access to advice given by the lawyers of two shareholders of airport operator APAC over an alleged breach of a shareholder deed. 

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Shinetec wins round in spat over $185M Gosford development
Construction 2025-11-26 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has handed Shinetec a win in its dispute with the developer of a scuttled $185 million project in Sydney, finding that $48 million owed by the builder to its parent company after the developer called on a letter of credit fell within the definition of ‘secured money’.

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Court throws out native title appeal over AngloGold mining leases
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-11-26 11:16 pm By Andy Sidler

An appeals court has confirmed that mining companies AngloGold and IGO Limited did not need to renegotiate native title approvals when they consolidated 31 existing mining leases into a single lease. 

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Developer Paul Chiodo appeals liquidator’s $9M proof of debt rejection
Construction 2025-11-26 11:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Property developer and former director of collapsed Keystone Asset Manager Paul Chiodo is appealing the rejection by liquidators of a $9 million proof of debt.

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Meriton loses land valuation challenge for Sydney development
Construction 2025-11-25 11:56 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has upheld the $63.8 million valuation of an inner-Sydney high-rise, rejecting Meriton’s argument that it should be reduced to $52 million because of its isolation from public transport.

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Builder’s ‘cute’ bid to dodge fire safety fixes at Canberra development rejected
Construction 2025-11-25 11:22 pm By Andy Sidler

Chase Builders can’t avoid completing fire safety rectification works at the Manhattan on the Park apartment complex in Canberra by citing a 10-year limitations period after running down the clock with litigation, a tribunal has said.

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