Construction

Gadens has brought on eight new partners, building out its offering for in-demand practices like corporate, financial services and real estate and construction.

A Rawson Group unit has successfully argued that it was entitled to rescind an option deed to buy land in the Southern Highlands of NSW after the soil was classified as a “problem” that posed real risks of increased building costs.

Australian data centre platform AirTrunk has announced it will invest $4.2 billion to build two new data centres in Malaysia.

The High Court has been asked to overturn a ruling from the Victorian Court of Appeal that found domestic building insurance policies do not respond to when a defect arises, but rather to when loss or damage is suffered.

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption has found a former high-ranking official in the NSW Department of Education engaged in corrupt conduct by awarding contracts to friends, calling it a “clear case of cronyism”.

The developer of a 61-apartment building in the Sydney suburb of Mascot has won a challenge to Bayside Council's requirement that it rectify alleged damage to neighbouring land before an occupation certificate is granted.

A Western Sydney council has lost its bid to keep expert evidence in an arbitration with a builder under wraps in its $7 million case alleging a Sydney architect is liable for defects in a tennis court complex. 

Dexus has secured more than $600 million in new capital investments for its flagship fund, including $500 million from a first-time superannuation investor in the fund. 

A Phoenix Property Investors special purpose vehicle has won a $57.75 million judgment against developer Rockdale Central Finco in a dispute over financing related to the construction of 50 residential apartments in a southern Sydney suburb.

Roberts Construction has dodged a bid for security in proceedings seeking to claw back money it paid to a labour hire company, with a judge noting the presumption of insolvency was only established in a limited, “technical sense" in prior proceedings.