A court has rejected a bid by a Hazelwood power plant contractor to pursue an offsetting claim for an alleged breach of confidentiality in response to a $1.7 million demand from a subcontractor.
The applicant in an employment class action against The Reject Shop is appealing a court decision that found it could amend the case and redefine the group members but not retroactively.
Another solicitor has been reported by a court to the legal watchdog and personally socked with costs for citing non-existent authorities generated by an artificial intelligence program.
Transgrid contractor Elecnor is seeking to appeal a ruling that found it unlawfully denied the Electrical Trades Union access to 47 migrant workers on Australia’s largest transmission project.
The corporate regulator should not be immune from the risk of special costs for actions doomed to fail, says a judge who flayed ASIC last month for bringing a case against TerraCom directors it should have known was a dud.
Property group Salta has shed its 50 per cent interest in Preston Market to long-standing co-owner Medlich as part of a strategy to expand its build-to-rent business.
A Queensland construction company that bought land following its resumption by a state government agency is not entitled to be compensated for the land grab, a court has found.
Real estate investor Mapletree Logistics Trust has sold its logistics facility in Victoria’s Wodonga for $60 million, saying the hub was no longer in line with its investment strategy.
National Australia Bank and its home loan lender subsidiary have been ordered to pay a $15.5 million penalty after admitting to mishandling hundreds of customer hardship applications.
The CEO of embattled Melbourne builder Vansan Construction is fighting a $2 million default judgment for SK Developments, saying he was given no opportunity to defend himself.