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Carlisle, Resimax settle copyright dispute over home designs
Intellectual Property 2019-01-16 1:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Home builder Carlisle Homes has agreed to settle its lawsuit against home builder Resimax after its rival agreed to stop selling residential home plans that allegedly infringe Carlisle’s copyright-protected home designs.

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Opal Tower ‘structurally sound’ but flaws found in design, construction, report says
Construction 2019-01-15 10:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The cracks that led to the evacuation of Sydney’s Opal Tower and threats of litigation have been blamed on design and construction issues, but the building is structurally sound and not in danger of collapse, according to an interim report commissioned by the NSW Government.

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Law firms investigate class actions over Sydney’s faulty Opal Tower
Construction 2019-01-11 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two law firms have launched formal investigations into possible class actions over Sydney’s defective Opal Tower, inviting owners of units in the “crumbling” building to register their interest in joining legal proceedings.

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Theft of Hastie audit docs from Deloitte’s litigation room ‘troubling’, judge says
Class Actions 2019-01-04 11:25 pm By Christine Caulfield

In a situation a judge has called “extraordinary and troubling”, Deloitte’s files on failed construction company Hastie — sought as evidence by shareholders in a class action — have vanished from the accounting giant’s locked ‘litigation room’ and are now in the control of a single partner who refuses to return them.

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Crown Resorts wins dispute over Barangaroo casino views
Construction 2018-12-14 5:26 pm By Miklos Bolza

James Packer’s Crown Resorts has won a lawsuit against the NSW government for allegedly failing to protect sweeping views of the Sydney Harbour from its planned luxury casino in the Barangaroo area.

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IP Australia to call for dismissal of novel building patent case
Intellectual Property 2018-12-11 3:41 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Commissioner of Patents will seek to toss a case simultaneously challenging its decisions to accept, grant and certify an innovation patent owned by one of Australia’s biggest building product firms.

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Hastie liquidators offer to settle with builders over $124M in unpaid bills
Construction 2018-12-07 7:58 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hastie Group’s liquidators have offered to drop their $124 million case against two dozen major builders if the companies agree to pay an undisclosed sum toward their unpaid bills, a court heard Friday.

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High Court rejects CFMMEU’s appeal of $306,000 fine
Construction 2018-12-06 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy union has lost its bid to be heard by the High Court of Australia after an appeals court upheld a $306,000 fine for the illegal conduct of its former Queensland president and warned of the prospect of deregistration.

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UGL knew LNG project was behind schedule by April, class action says
Class Actions 2018-11-01 11:10 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

UGL knew by April 2014 that there were delays with the Ichthys LNG project, but failed to make required disclosures to shareholders, according to an amended pleading in a shareholder class action against the engineering company.

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Sydney light rail class action ‘very best thing’ for gov’t: judge
Construction 2018-10-26 11:10 pm By Miklos Bolza

The judge overseeing a class action filed on behalf of business owners over the Sydney light rail construction has cautioned the NSW government against filing a de-class motion, saying a class action may be the “very best thing” for the government.

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