A court has found a NSW prefab home builder that convinced a couple to vary their contract to allow different cladding which did not have the same aesthetic effect as their preferred one engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct.
Property investment firm Charter Hall has sold its Bunnings Warehouse in the southeast Melbourne suburb of Clyde North for $44 million, in an off-market deal that reinforces the strength of retail real estate.
A judge has stopped short of making costs orders against a law firm despite finding it was responsible for delays in a workplace discrimination suit.
A tribunal has recommended a solicitor who continued to advertise his legal services on social media after his practising certificate was revoked should be struck off the roll.
Baker McKenzie has poached a banking and finance partner from Norton Rose Fulbright.
HWL Ebsworth has acquired Adelaide law firm Botten Levinson Lawyers, boosting the firm’s environment and development law offering in the region.
A judge has vacated an upcoming trial date in a data scraping case against US-based CoreLogic to allow the analytics company more time to respond to a “weighty” report by a forensic accountant.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given the green light to DP World’s proposed acquisition of Silk Logistics, after finding it was not likely to substantially lessen competition.
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.