Cat Fredenburgh

The owner of Sydney's InterContinental Hotel has lost its challenge to the approval for a mixed-use tower at the site of the neighbouring Sir Stamford Hotel.

Developer Urbex has launched proceedings seeking the return of a $2.85 million deposit on a $59 million contract to buy a development site in Melbourne's east, saying it validly terminated the agreement after an adverse contamination and geotechnical report.

Construction company Maas Group has acquired an additional $300 million stake in AI infrastructure company Firmus, executing on its strategy to expand into digital infrastructure after shedding its construction material division for $1.7 billion.

United Cinemas has secured interim relief blocking its landlord from terminating its lease at the Craigieburn Central cinema in Victoria.

A judge will approve deductions that will leave less than half of a $22.5 million class action settlement against two former CBA wealth management units left over for distribution to group members.

Ashurst Perkins Coie has brought on a recently promoted partner from Clayton Utz to grow its litigation practice.

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus and the Commonwealth have been hit with a class action by the family members of four aviators who were killed when an army helicopter crashed off the coast of Queensland in 2023.

Inpex says damages against AkzoNobel could increase "very significantly" if the court adopts its position on a referee's report and it succeeds on liability in its suit over allegedly defective anti-corrosive coating used on the $45 billion Ichthys gas project.

A report into a bus crash in NSW's Hunter Valley that killed 10 passengers has found that while the interchange where the crash occurred met all road safety standards, additional engineering controls and design guidance could have reduced the risk of a fatal rollover.