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Court grants $1.3M freeze in fight over ‘highly unusual’ airport deal
The wife of a Dubai investor who is accused of failing to repay a $10.7 million debt over a "highly unusual" airport investment proposal has been hit with a third-party freezing order, after the court heard that she received $1.2 million from her husband's business.
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‘Fairly disastrous’: Star may have sued wrong company in defects case, judge says
A judge has put Star on the hook for over $1 million in Buildcorp's legal costs after largely losing its suit over alleged defective construction work on its Sydney casino, describing the case as "fairly disastrous".
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Judge rejects ‘serious’ accusation against solicitors in building spat
A judge has allowed the owners of a North Bondi property to tender four expert reports past their due date in a six-year-old building dispute, dismissing Ronca Constructions' claim that lawyers for the owners had lacked candour.
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Star largely loses case against Buildcorp over casino refurbishment
Star Entertainment has come up short in its $4 million case against Buildcorp Group over alleged defective construction and refurbishment work on the gambling giant's Sydney casino.
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Buildcorp can revise cross-claims in Star Entertainment’s $4M suit
A judge has largely given the go-ahead to Buildcorp Group's proposed amendments to cross-claims as trial gets under way in a case over aluminium cladding at Star Entertainment's Sydney casino.
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Buildcorp points the finger as Star seeks $4.4M for combustible cladding repairs
Buildcorp Group is pointing the finger at a host of subcontractors as it fights a case brought by Star Entertainment over allegedly defective combustible cladding at its Sydney casino, which cost $4.4 million to replace. 
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Buildcorp entitled to payment for variation works to Blues Point Tower: court
The owners of the Blues Point Tower in the Sydney harbourside suburb of McMahons Point must cough up additional payments to builder Buildcorp after it undertook remediation work on the heritage-listed tower. 
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3A can’t duck cross-claim over cladding at Botany Bay towers
Cladding maker 3A Composites has lost its bid to set aside a cross-claim in a suit against the builder of the Tempo residential towers in Botany Bay over allegedly flammable aluminium composite panels.
Judge calls out Corrs Chambers’ ‘combative’ conduct in building defects suit
A judge has called out the “combative correspondence” between solicitors at Corrs Chambers and another law firm in a construction defects suit.
Sydney developer Thirdi hits back at class action over alleged shoddy construction
Property developer Thirdi has rejected the claims of a class action brought by the owners of lots in an allegedly shoddy townhouse development in Sydney, and has filed a cross-claim seeking an indemnity from its builder.