Mayfield Development’s competition case against NSW Ports over agreements to privatise two ports has made it to the High Court, with the developer pressing its argument that derivative Crown immunity did not apply to the port authority.
DLA Piper has hired a former Hogan Lovells counsel to serve as a partner in its Sydney based technology practice. Technology and real estate lawyer Mark Bennett joins the firm from Hogan Lovells, where he served as special counsel. The third partner appointed to the firm in Australia since the new year, Bennett has over…
Two former Herbert Smith Freehills partners who specialise in infrastructure law have joined forces to launch a new legal and advisory firm.
Real estate investment firms Dexus and Ho-Group have convinced the valuer general of NSW to knock roughly $26 million off its initial valuation of a Sydney office sold by Ho-Group last year that was used in a land tax assessment.
Property giant Mirvac Group is in talks with a potential capital partner for its Harbourside development in Sydney, as it progresses construction on the major waterfront project.
In a “unique approach” to public-private partnerships, Corrs Chambers Westgarth has advised the sponsors and contractors on a landmark project for Australia’s first renewable energy zone.
Directors of a family-run construction company that caused a landslide resulting in a couple’s NSW Central Coast home being “effectively worthless” has been ordered to pay over $2 million dollars.