Premala Thiagarajan

A court overseeing a $356 million defects case has ordered Pacific Werribee Shopping Centre's owners to produce communications between an engineering consultant and Big Six firm Allens, finding legal privilege was waived.

The reluctance of Pacific Werribee Shopping Centre co-owner Wadren to withdraw a non-compliant expert report in a $356 million defects case against the collapsed Probuild has raised the hackles of the presiding judge.

Pacific Werribee Shopping Centre co-owner Wadren has been pulled up by a judge for breaching an order over the use of an engineering model for expert evidence in a $356 million defects case against the collapsed Probuild.

The judge overseeing a case by the liquidators of real estate investment firm Global Capital Property Fund won't allow two GCPF directors to appear on behalf of related companies named in the case, saying they would not be able to act “independently and objectively”.

Probuild is fighting legal professional privilege claims by the co-owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria, who have brought a $356 million defects case against the collapsed builder. 

A judge has recused herself from a case by liquidators for real estate investment firm Global Capital Property Fund against Point Bay Developments, after hearing the corporate regulator's application to wind up the fund.

The co-owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria have lost their bid to join collapsed builder Probuild’s primary insurer AIG to their case over $356 million in alleged defects.

Engineering firm Calibre can't get minutes of meetings involving Probuild and the owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria to defend itself in $356 million defects suit.

The High Court has declined to weigh in on when a court should step in when the machinery governing the entitlement to payments in a contract breaks down, in a dispute between builder Glenvill and Amcor over asbestos remediation at an industrial site in the Melbourne suburb of Alphington.

The co-owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria are seeking to join collapsed builder Probuild’s primary insurer AIG and several excess insurers to their case over $356 million in alleged defects.