Construction

A judge has pushed off an eight-week trial in a class action on behalf of Sydney homeowners who allege their homes are sinking into the ground, after missed filing deadlines. 

Baggage handling company Alstef Australia has had a partial win in its quest to stop the Brisbane Airport Corporation from calling on $13.4 million in bank guarantees.

Clifford Chance has hired the head of Mallesons' real estate group and his team of five to lead its growing real estate practice in Australia, on the heels of hiring lawyers from Pinsent Masons and HSF Kramer to kickstart its construction and environment teams.

Colin Biggers Paisley is beefing up its property and development group, promoting two property lawyers to its partnership and hiring two more. 

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has followed other firms in bolstering its projects offering with its latest partner promotions, with two of the firm's four new partners boasting expertise on complex energy and infrastructure projects.

Linx Constructions has been ordered to pay contractor Jonishan’s nearly $1 million payment claim, with a judge refusing to stay the determination in light of a defects claim seeking "substantial damages".

An environmental group has criticised the NSW opposition's plan to scale back the New England renewable energy zone, calling it an “irresponsible backflip”.

The Tasmanian Government is planning to replace the state's 51-year-old Aboriginal Heritage Act, but legal and Indigenous groups say the bill does not go far enough.

BKC Australia and Mitsubishi Estate outfit MEC Global Partners Asia have joined forces to acquire the Cumberland Industrial Estate in Smithfield, Sydney, for $127.5 million from Goodman.

In a High Court feud between Sorrento neighbors, the prominent Valmorbida family has argued an appeal by Stellar co-founder Simon Pitard and wife Sky would have to overturn longstanding doctrine on rights of long use in order to prevail.