Michael Jones

A judge has granted Hassall Developments' bid to join insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher to a lawsuit against QBE over an $80 million special risks policy after “serious defects” were allegedly found in its Imperial Towers development in Parramatta. 

A judge has rejected a Double Bay property owner’s bid to put Chubb on the hook for any damages a builder may owe for alleged defects. 

Commercial property firm DTZ Worldwide has lost its bid for $243 million in damages related to its acquisition of United Group from UGL Limited over United's alleged failure to disclose that a key contract was “loss-making”. 

A judge has found that former Orix CEO John Carter is not entitled to make claims under a D&O policy, saying he fraudulently failed to disclose to Chubb the payment of alleged secret bribes.

Insurers have won a challenge to a declaration that engineering firm CIMIC could make claims under policies for costs arising from corruption cases, including a $32 million class action settlement.

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.

A judge has avoided a fight “with the High Court written all over it” over whether an investor class action against Blue Sky Alternative Investments and auditor EY can join four insurers to the case.

A judge has found insurers must cover claims against builder LU Simon Builders over alleged combustible cladding in Melbourne's Atlantis Towers after a judge found the owners were “obvious candidates” to bring legal action.

The insurers of Blue Sky Alternative Investments are fighting a bid to be joined to a consolidated investor class action against the company and its auditor, EY.

A judge has given a “judicial harrumph” to Sydney developer FKP Commercial Developments and Irish insurer Zurich Insurance in a dispute over coverage for an apartment defects suit, saying it was not for the court to “trawl” through an insurance policy to work out its meaning.