Barristers

Two units of builder BGC have won a stay of building remedy orders to re-pipe homes fitted with faulty Iplex piping while they appeal the orders, but have lost a bid to adjourn the appeals.

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.

Isuzu has lost an appeal bid to shut down a lawsuit by car alarm company Directed Electronics over alleged trade secrets theft, after an earlier case left it with a $169 million damages bill.

The corporate cop has won court approval to proceed with a consumer suit against debt manager Solve My Debt, despite the company falling into liquidation.

A class action against NSW over festival strip searches says the state is attempting, again, to declass the proceeding after the lead applicant was awarded $93,000 in damages.

Engineering firm GHD Australia, which has recently been joined to a class action over a bus crash in NSW’s Hunter Valley that killed 10 passengers, has flagged bringing its own cross-claims.

Nine has asked for more details of celebrity surgeon Dr Munjed Al Muderis' challenge to the dismissal of his defamation case against the broadcaster, and says 10 days is not enough to hear the appeal.

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.

Liquidators for companies in the Dyldam Group have won an extension until early 2027 for further investigation of the defunct developer.

Engineering firm WSP has secured a stay of a new suit by Canberra builder Morris Construction alleging it should be on the hook for engineering and design failures by a subsidiary over a troubled Kingston development.