Tim Breakspear

Logistics giant Qube has told a court it is entitled to enforce $26 million in arbitration awards against Martinus Rail ahead of a larger dispute over Sydney's $4 billion Moorebank Intermodal Terminal and no right of appeal exists for its foe.

Builtcom has scored a win in a fight over termination payments connected to a development in Melbourne's east, with a judge finding the entitlement to the payments was not extinguished by non-compliance with progress claim procedures.

The University of Sydney has won its bid to add an $80 million claim to its six-year-old case against Multiplex over alleged defects at the Charles Perkins Centre.

The University of Sydney is seeking to push back the trial date in its six-year-old case against Multiplex over alleged defects at the Charles Perkins Centre, alleging it has recently discovered new problems with the building.

An expert will not be asked to determine a potential cross-claim by Downer EDI Rail in a dispute with John Holland over a rollingstock manufacturing facility being constructed in Torbanlea.

John Holland has persuaded a court to limit an expert determination in a dispute with contractor Downer EDI over the construction of a rollingstock manufacturing facility in Torbanlea, Queensland.

An appeals court has confirmed a finding that despite contractual arrangements mandating service by 5pm, a $3.2 million payment claim emailed to Roberts Co after hours on a Friday was validly served.

Roberts Co is fighting a finding that a $3.2 million payment claim served after-hours on a Friday by subcontractor Sharvain Facades was valid, arguing that voiding contractual provisions has broad consequences for the construction industry. 

Roberts Co has appealed a decision which required it to pay the entirety of subcontractor Sharvain Facades $3.2 million payment claim, despite it being filed after hours on a Friday.

Roberts Co will have to pay a $3.2 million payment claim served by subcontractor Sharvain Facades at 7:18pm on a Friday, after a judge found the claim was validly issued that day.