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GPT Group puts down $380M for Brisbane office tower
In a sign of rebounding optimism in the office property sector, real estate investment trust GPT Group has picked up a Brisbane tower in the CBD's Golden Triangle precinct for $380 million.
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REA Group to remove terms from agent contracts to appease ACCC
Listings site realestate.com.au will no longer require agents to provide it with all or most of their listings, after the ACCC expressed concerns the restrictive contract terms could breach competition laws.
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Suit against Elevation 77 developer ‘cautionary tale’ about side deals: judge
The developer behind a Shellharbour mixed-use development has defeated a suit seeking to make him personally repay a company debt, in a dispute a judge called a “cautionary tale” about side deals.
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Fight breaks out over IP for Time & Place’s $200M Melbourne Tower
The grand-niece of billiards champion Walter Lindrum has won more time to file submissions in her dispute against a Time & Place subsidiary over its redevelopment of the historic Hotel Lindrum into a 27-storey commercial tower.
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United Petroleum wins $8.7M over Perth Airport’s Qantas promises
Perth Airport will pay United Petroleum $8.7 million after the company built a larger petrol station on the basis of the airport's representations that the Qantas terminal would be relocated. 
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Architect can plead proportionate liability in defects suit over Box Hill facility
An architecture firm can maintain its proportionate liability defence in a defects lawsuit over the construction of an aged care facility in Box Hill, with a judge finding it has an arguable case. 
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Keystone’s Chiodo won’t solicit for fund allegedly used to pay legal fees
Former Keystone Asset Management director Paul Chiodo has agreed not to raise money for his property fund Royce Capital after ASIC alleged the fund was secretly being used to cover his legal fees in the regulator’s enforcement action.
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High Court won’t hear Russells’ costs fight with Meadowbrook Golf Course
The High Court won't hear Russells' bid to overturn a decision which found it could not rely on privileged communications to defend itself against allegations of incompetence from former client Meadowbrook Golf Course.  
CoreLogic can withdraw admission in IP fight with Hubexo after silk’s error
A judge has allowed US analytics company CoreLogic to withdraw an admission made at the beginning of trial after finding it was due to an error by senior counsel, despite saying that getting a full explanation was like “pulling teeth”.
Judge approves settlement in Thirdi class action
A judge has signed off on a partial settlement in a class action brought by the owners of lots in an allegedly shoddy townhouse development in Sydney.