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The Victorian Bar has hit back at media reporting around the management of commercial litigation by Australian courts which singled out judges of the Supreme Court, saying “statistics never tell the whole story”.

A judge hearing a dispute over a lot in Victoria's Merrifield Business Park has found that the Competition and Consumer Act's bar on contracts that substantially lessen competition does not apply to a market in land.

HWL Ebsworth has acquired Adelaide law firm Botten Levinson Lawyers, boosting the firm's environment and development law offering in the region.

Sentinel Property Group has purchased its most expensive office asset since its establishment, paying $132 million for a fully-leased office building in the heart of Brisbane's Olympics precinct.

The state of Victoria has attacked the “magical thinking” of a class action over its COVID-19 hotel quarantine debacle, as the applicants seek to plead an alternative case holding the state responsible for a wave of infections.

The administrators of the company claiming to own the Whyalla Port have more time until a second creditors meeting to investigate a proposed DOCA as well as a $1.3 billion proof of debt served by Whyalla steelworks operator OneSteel.

A court has appointed provisional liquidators to Melbourne developer Lion Property Group after hearing that $120 million of investor money was not properly accounted for.

Consolidated Properties Group has acquired the last remaining riverfront development site in the Brisbane suburb of Newstead for $64.5 million from Mirvac Group.

A defects case over an apartment complex in the Sydney beachside suburb of Maroubra has turned ugly, with a lawyer for the builder accusing the owners corporation of having a "tantrum".

Investors in Till Payments have won discovery for a possible suit over $43 million in alleged losses suffered after it was sold for just $47 million following a $200 million capital raise, with a judge rejecting arguments that the bid amounted to a royal commission.