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A judge has rejected a bid for an elder to inspect land at Brunswick Heads in his claim that developer Clarence Property will breach laws against desecration of Aboriginal objects when it builds artificial frog ponds as part of its 123-lot residential development.

Developer Geocon has failed to overturn a ruling blocking it from using 132 parking spaces at its Metropol mixed-use development in Canberra as a commercial parking facility.

A judge has rejected plans for a motel development at the Gold Creek Country Club in Canberra, finding the physical features of the development were more consistent with long-term accommodation than a motel.

Transport for NSW and Acciona's case against a couple they settled a property damage dispute with has survived a strike-out bid, with a judge finding they may have a case that the owners' failure to disclose the sale of the property amounted to fraud. 

HopgoodGanim Lawyers has strengthened its construction practice with the appointment of a new partner from Thomsons.

An appeals court has set aside a decision to refer the NSW Local Court Deputy Chief Judge to the conduct division of the state judicial commission, after the local court's top judge communicated with a panel member via WhatsApp about the matter.

A law firm that's running a shareholder class action against online travel agency Web Travel over an allegedly misleading earnings guidance is seeking a group costs order rate which a judge recently noted in a separate case "was on the higher end".

The operator of Melbourne's Essendon Airport has launched action against structural engineer WSP and Hamilton and Marino Builders for alleged defects in the construction of Essendon Fields' Hyatt Place hotel.

Property developer Peet Keysborough has won an injunction requiring $3.78 million to be held in trust in a lawsuit over contamination at a development site it purchased.

Infrastructure services company Downer EDI has been awarded a $400 million maintenance and repair contract with Homes Victoria.