Construction

The ACT revenue office has lost its claim that developer Molonglo should pay $100 million to develop land held under a Crown lease, while Molonglo’s argument that the tax should be nil has also been rejected.

The builder of the Duke apartment complex in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood has blocked the property developer from accessing a bank guarantee, with a judge finding there were serious issues to be tried over payments under their $8 million contract.

A construction law expert has been appointed as the new managing partner of national law firm Colin Biggers & Paisley.

Engineering group Monadelphous has won construction contracts valued at $220 million with BHP and Fortescue for mining projects in the Pilbara.

A Gold Coast town planner has been ordered to pay over $400,000 to a landowner who a judge found received negligent advice over a proposed subdivision.

A judge has taken ASIC to task for pleading its remitter case against Mayfair 101 Group director James Mawhinney in minute detail, but has rejected arguments the regulator ran the proceeding in an “oppressive and unmeritorious” way.

A joint venture launched to construct sections of Brisbane's new Cross River Rail station has successfully challenged an adjudicator’s order that it pay $2.7 million to a steel supplier.

The NSW Land and Environment court has approved developer Central Element's plans for its $100 million 'Lamrock Avenue' luxury residential development in Bondi Beach, following a conciliation conference with the local council.

In a new lawsuit, the FWO alleges CFMEU officials made unlawful representations to an Indigenous work hire company at the site for CPB Contractors' $761 million contract for the Monash Freeway upgrade.

Builder Devakon has been ordered to pay $120,000 to remedy defects in an apartment development in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern East, dodging the owners’ bid for damages of almost $1 million.