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‘Unsound’: High Court arguments over historic St Kilda Rd property panned
The valuer general has knocked arguments by developer WSTI Properties in a High Court dispute over a heritage property in Melbourne, saying the contentions are "unavailable and unsound”. 
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VCAT should have considered Cremorne development’s impact on views, court told
EPC Pacific is facing a fight after it got the go-ahead from Yarra City Council to build an 11-storey mixed use office building in an inner city Melbourne suburb.
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Melbourne developer snaps up Footscray site for $40M
R&F Property has sold a 2.99 hectare vacant site in central Melbourne to a local developer, with an approved development plan for over 1,200 dwellings. 
Judge shuts down Lovisa counsel’s ‘pejorative remark’ about employment class actions
A judge hearing a suit against Lovisa has questioned whether it should proceed as a class action, but shut down a 'pejorative remark' by the jewellery chain's barrister about Fair Work class actions.
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Gen AI ‘next frontier’ in construction, but not without its risks, experts say
Generative artificial intelligence is a game changer for the construction industry, promising better collaboration and fewer costly mistakes, but the technology also presents a host of thorny legal challenges, experts say.
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Stamford unit sues Parkview over 700-apartment Macquarie Park development
A unit of Singapore developer Stamford Land Corporation has sued Parkview Constructions over alleged defects in a 700-apartment development in Sydney’s Macquarie Park. 
Munich Re can bring fresh claims in $700M case against AMP
Munich Reinsurance has been given the OK to bring additional claims in its $696 million lawsuit, which accuses AMP of misleading or deceptive conduct over a quota share agreement.
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Government grants exploration licence for NSW wind farm
The Albanese government has granted a feasibility licence to a partnership between Equinor and Oceanex Energy to explore offshore in northern NSW for a planned wind farm project.
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Canberra developer Geocon files appeal over GST on $113M development
Canberra developer Geocon has filed a legal challenge seeking a tax refund on sales from a development for 360 residential units. 
Giles George has good case for lien over costs in barrister’s case: judge
Defamation boutique Giles George has a “good arguable case” that it has a solicitor’s lien over costs payable by Nine in a defamation case by barrister Gina Edwards over social media cavoodle Oscar.