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A judge tasked with calculating damages owed former HWL Ebsworth client Gregory Lindsay-Owen has adopted a referees' report over his protests, saying it was open to the referees to refuse a $4.4 million tax adjustment. 

Renewables developer Octopus Australia has reportedly agreed to put down $2 billion to acquire the Golden Plains wind farm near Geelong, one of the southern hemisphere’s largest wind projects.

Singaporean real estate investor OUE REIT is increasing its stake in 180 George Street, a 55-storey Sydney office tower whose tenants include Salesforce, TikTok and Jones Lang LaSalle.

A subsidiary of civil construction company Ian Harrington Group wants to revise its defence to a $3.6 million case by Sibayne Stillwater’s Copper Mines of Tasmania, arguing it has no obligation to rehabilitate a quarry at the shuttered Mt Lyell mine.

Western Australia has passed new laws designed to ensure subcontractors are paid for works they complete on state government building projects.

A court has denied Queensland builder Beech Constructions leave to proceed against a subcontractor who built a service station wall that collapsed within days, finding that a near-decade delay warranted the case’s dismissal. 

A Sydney barrister found guilty of professional misconduct after falsely claiming in Family Court proceedings that he received $70,000 in inheritance when in fact he had received almost $230,000 has been reprimanded.

The owner of the Pullman Adelaide Hotel has partly won an appeal of a judge’s decision refusing it access to documents about the state planning commission’s approval of a student housing development next to its luxury hotel.

Starbucks has prevailed in a bid by a landlord of the coffee chain's Ripley, Queensland outlet to set aside a demand for $450,000 as part of a rent dispute.

Property developer Immerse Projects 16 has lost a fight over a proposed Gold Coast apartment tower, with a Queensland court siding with local residents, who argued the project didn't comply with height and density rules for the area.