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Insurers lose round in case by CPB, John Holland over $8B Northwest Rail Link
Construction 2025-11-07 11:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge won’t schedule an initial trial on the limitations period in a $150 million coverage spat between insurers and Northwest Rail Link builders CPB Contractors and John Holland.

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Frasers wins costs for suit that lawyers, judge said was a ‘bad idea’
Construction 2025-11-04 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Owners of apartments in Sydney’s One Central Park have been ordered to pay Frasers’ costs in defending a suit that sought declarations in relation to defective planter boxes on the building’s façade.

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Insurer fights CPB, John Holland’s $150M claims over North West Rail
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-11-03 11:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Insurer Liberty Mutual has argued that CPB Contractors and John Holland’s $150 million in claims in relation to Sydney’s North West Rail project are largely out of time, in a lawsuit alleging the insurer breached its duty of good faith.

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Acciona weighs claims against Veolia, as $224M WTE plant spat ramps up
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-10-24 11:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

Spanish infrastructure firm Acciona is mulling cross-claims against contractor Veolia Australia after losing its fight to move their dispute over the Kwinana waste-to-energy project west, a court has heard.

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Acciona can’t move Veolia’s $224M case over Kwinana WTE plant
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-10-17 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

Infrastructure giant Acciona must fight a $224M lost-revenue case by contractor Veolia Australia over the Kwinana waste-to-energy plant on Veolia’s home turf.

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Court tosses fifth suit against Frasers over One Central Park planter boxes
Construction 2025-10-10 11:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Owners of apartments in Sydney’s One Central Park, who are embroiled in disputes with developer Frasers over defective planter boxes on the building’s façade, can’t get a court declaration to impact rectification works.

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Frasers says judge should ‘kill’ case over falling planter boxes at One Central Park
Construction 2025-08-28 11:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An entity of construction giant Frasers is seeking summary dismissal of one of multiple cases by owners at a Sydney inner city high rise development over planter boxes that have allegedly detached or fallen to the street.

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Aqualand luxury tower loses challenge to $10.6M asset freeze
Construction 2025-07-02 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

A luxury Aqualand development in Milsons Point can’t undo a $10.6 million freezing order granted to the owners corporation to address the risk that funds would be unavailable to meet its claim for damages to remedy alleged defects. 

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Buildcorp entitled to payment for variation works to Blues Point Tower: court
Construction 2025-06-17 11:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

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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$7M suit over asbestos-tainted mulch in Sydney parks on ice pending criminal pleas
Environment 2025-05-20 11:02 pm By Christine Caulfield

A NSW Supreme Court judge has stayed civil proceedings relating to asbestos-contaminated mulch found in parks across Sydney amid ongoing criminal proceedings.

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