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Builtcom says court’s ruling ‘disables’ progress payments on Sydney project
Appeals 2025-05-23 11:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

Challenging an $8.5 million adjudication on a payment claim that sought over $30 million from developer VSD Investments, construction company Builtcom says it is effectively “disabled” from recovery of progress payments.

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Linchpin class action settlement with AIG wins court approval
Class Actions 2025-05-05 11:01 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has signed off on a settlement in a class action by investors in failed advisory firm Linchpin Capital, with insurer AIG paying $12.15 million and forfeiting its right to appeal a liability finding.

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Linchpin investors to get $7.2M in class action settlement with AIG
Class Actions 2025-04-29 11:10 pm By Andy Sidler

An investor class action against failed advisory firm Linchpin Capital has sought court approval of a $12.15 million settlement with insurer AIG, which will leave 176 group members to share in $7.2 million after deductions.

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Builder Kuatro fails in appeal in SOPA case against Elite Formwork
Construction 2025-04-23 11:40 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has ordered builder Kuatro Build to pay concrete subcontractor Elite Formwork more than $500,000 in progress payments for work on a Sydney development, finding no error in an adjudicator’s determination.

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Firm, funder set to take half of AIG settlement in Linchpin class action
Insurance 2025-04-10 3:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Details of a settlement with AIG in a class action by investors in failed Linchpin reveal the insurer has paid out all of a $10 million policy and will hand over another $2.15 million in interest and costs.

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AIG reaches settlement in Linchpin investor class action
Settlement 2025-04-07 3:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action brought by investors of failed advisory firm Linchpin has reached a settlement with insurer AIG — the last remaining defendant in the case.

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Investor class action against Linchpin insurer AIG prevails
Class Actions 2024-12-19 11:21 pm By Sam Matthews

An investor class action against failed advisory firm Linchpin Capital and its former directors has won its bid to claim its losses against a $10 million insurance policy from AIG.

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HWL Ebsworth defeats client’s bid for High Court review in negligence case
Professional Negligence 2024-09-05 11:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined to grant special leave to a former HWL Ebsworth client seeking to revive a decision that found the law firm’s bad advice over property in Parramatta’s ‘Auto Alley’ cost it $2 million.

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HWL Ebsworth client rejected $1.35M offer to settle negligence case
Professional Negligence 2024-08-19 11:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

HWL Ebsworth has won indemnity costs against a former client who alleged the firm gave negligent advice over property in Parramatta’s ‘Auto Alley’, with a court saying the client was the “author of the outcome about which it complains” by rejecting a $1.35 million settlement offer.

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Mount Pleasant coal mine engineers have partial win over CEO statement on eve of $270M trial
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-05 11:03 pm By Andy Sidler

G&S Engineering and its parent company, DRA Global, can redact what a court has found is privileged information provided in a witness statement by a former top executive, in the latest interlocutory stoush ahead of trial in a high stakes dispute with MACH Energy.

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