Construction

A joint venture contracted to build a battery storage facility in the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub, expected to be one of the world's largest, has dropped a suit against renewables developer Equis alleging it was entitled to a 50 per cent reduction in its bank guarantees.

Adani has asked the court to toss a class action by First Nations landowners over media statements made during a dispute over the Carmichael open cut mine in Queensland.

Renewable energy projects are moving away from rigid, long-term tolling agreements towards more flexible financing structures, according to an Ashurst partner, with lenders warming to new mechanisms like virtual tolling agreements. 

Dexus and Boral have entered a joint venture to develop the Ravenhall Logistics precinct in Melbourne's west.

Developer H1land Group wants to revise its case against Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop Authority over a substratum land acquisition, claiming that acquiring the land under the Major Transports Projects Act amounts to equitable fraud.

Bunnings owner Wesfarmers has signed a joint venture agreement with Built Group to use Design for Manufacture and Assembly principles to build faster, lower cost residential developments.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has hired a leading projects partner from Ashurst who has significant experience in advising companies on the energy transition.

A judge has ruled that lender Monland can recover a $39 million debt against the director of a property developer whose Hawthorn project encountered “severe difficulties”.

Granting a joinder bid in an unfair preferences case over the failure of carpentry firm Empryl, a judge has urged the Federal Court's rules committee to resolve a question hanging over liquidators seeking to bring proceedings against multiple defendants.

Making good on his threat to case manage the litigation with an "iron fist", a judge has set a trial date for early next year in four cases over the Port Botany Enfield Intermodal Logistics Centre.