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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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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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McCullough Robertson sued over $33M share sale advice
Professional Negligence 2025-11-24 11:59 pm By Andy Sidler

A superannuation fund has taken McCullough Robertson to court, arguing that its former solicitors failed to warn that a $33 million share sale agreement with Firecroft Technical Services could be jeopardised if a related Fair Work Commission approval was quashed. 

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CBEM loses appeal in payment dispute over Dural development
Construction 2025-11-25 11:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Sydney builder has lost its challenge to a $453,000 judgment for a developer, with an appeals court finding the construction company claimed payment for a greater amount of work than was done on a project in Dural. 

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NBL defeats preliminary discovery case by Illawarra Hawks, Melbourne Phoenix
Sports 2025-11-21 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has stayed a bid by the Illawarra Hawks and Melbourne Phoenix basketball clubs for preliminary discovery to determine whether to pursue claims against the National Basketball League.

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Superintendent’s payment claim cuts on Perth development outside authority: court
Construction 2025-11-24 11:10 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A construction project superintendent who revised down costs previously paid to the builder contracted on the Shenton Quarter development in Perth acted outside the terms of the contract, a court has found.

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AI Film wants anti-suit injunction over Rebel Wilson’s US cross-claim
Defamation 2025-11-20 11:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Production company AI Film wants a NSW court to issue an anti-suit injunction against actress and director Rebel Wilson, after she filed a cross-claim in legal proceedings in the US.

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Argyle Square developer moves to convert LU Simon security
Construction 2025-11-21 11:26 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The developer of the $52 million Argyle Square project in the inner city Melbourne suburb of Carlton has launched a bid to convert bank guaranties provided as a security under a contract with LU Simon into cash.

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‘Deliberate bad faith’ conduct by buyer of $26M Rose Bay villa, trial told
Trials 2025-11-12 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

After selling his $26 million Rose Bay mansion to AsheMorgan principal Michael Rothner in 2023, options trader David Waterhouse has levied allegations of “deliberate bad faith conduct”, on the first day of trial in a case over the mysterious removal of trees on a neighbouring property.

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