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The developer of the Berrybank wind farm must produce expert communications in a lawsuit over noise emissions from its turbines, but can shield documents pointing to any defects. 

Brisbane Airport has lost its bid for information about government-owned Airservices' handling of PFAS at other airports, in their $690 million dispute over use of the chemicals at the Queensland airport.

Proval Renewables has filed a lawsuit against renewables company May Brothers Holdings, seeking to hold it to an agreement to make commission payments of $4.5 million on a $50 million solar project.

A theme park manufacturer contracted by Dreamworld to undertake $5 million in works has won a challenge to an adjudicator’s decision that found a payment claim was invalid because the company didn't have a building licence.

Martinus Rail has won its fight against grain supply chain Co-operative Bulk Handling over a $23 million payment claim for building a rail siding in WA, with a judge finding that the deadline for responding to the claim began running from a Saturday.

The liquidator of a company created to invest in an Adelaide building has failed in a High Court bid to reinstate a finding that the mortgage over the property was an unreasonable director-related transaction.

A judge has flagged the possibility of referring lawyers acting for Alvarez & Marsal to the legal watchdog after hearing the consultant's costs of complying with preliminary discovery orders won by Ernst & Young could top $500,000.

The developer of a 683-lot project in Glenmore Park, NSW has lost its bid to strike out parts of a class action by owners and investors alleging the land on which the development sits is unsuitable for residential construction.

Shine Lawyers has been hit with a negligence suit by a former client who says he lost the chance to recover damages in a personal injury case after the firm sued the wrong party.

Construction company Mossop has lost an appeal of a decision for concreter Contek, with an appeals court upholding a judgment accounting for all payment claims in the case, even those subject to agreement before trial.