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Sydney developer Romeciti is challenging a $9.19 million payment adjudication in favour of construction company Watpac in connection with a $450 million high-end residential complex in Macquarie Park.

A NSW appeals court has found objectors have no right to weigh in on development applications once they reach conciliation in the Land and Environment Court, and that judges don't have to consider all material before the court. 

A tribunal has dealt a blow to ASX-listed residential park owner Ingenia, ordering it to repay 50 per cent of the rent charged to residents at a Queensland park whose rent was raised by more than 26 per cent following a market review. 

A Melbourne silk wants to set aside a default judgment in a negligence case brought by a former client, claiming he should have the chance to defend his professional reputation. 

The operator of the Urbanest student accommodation in Melbourne has sued Monash College for $22.2 million in damages, claiming the university breached a contract over unoccupied bed rent. 

Former ACM head Antony Catalano and his wife are seeking compensation over alleged defects in the the façade of their $30 million St Kilda penthouse apartment, while attempting to sell the swanky digs for $6 million less than the initial asking price. 

John Holland and CPB Contractors have agreed to pay $150,000 after mulch which contained fragments of asbestos was found at Sydney's Rozelle Parklands in January 2024.

Rio Tinto's struggling Tomago Aluminium Company has lost a challenge to a $52 million valuation of the land occupied by its Hunter Valley smelter, despite arguing the sum was too high in light of electricity costs and the limited pool of notional buyers.

In a hearing on its challenge to $10.6 million in stamp duty tax, ISPT said Monday Victoria's State Revenue Office was not entitled to aggregate two acquisitions that increased its stake in the Fort Street Real Estate Capital Fund to 95 per cent.

The estranged wide of former Carlton president and PwC chief executive officer Luke Sayers says the AFL failed to follow its own protocol in investigating the posting of an explicit image to her husband's X account.