Industries

A company that manufactures vehicle sensing technology used to monitor public parking has been allowed more time to renew its patents, despite opposition from rival SARB.

It lost its bid in the NSW Supreme Court to withhold a payment claim from the builder of a 30-storey project in Sydney pending an appeal, now developer VSD Investments has asked an appeals court to halt payment.

Allens has advised Spark Renewables on a successful bid for access rights for its Dinawan Energy hub project.

Kent Projects, the engineering firm behind the world-first Kwinana energy transformation hub in WA, is not giving up its fight against fraud claims in a case by the CFMEU.

Property developer Mirvac has successfully challenged the land tax valuation of a North Sydney office block, securing a $6.25 million reduction following a conciliation conference with the Valuer General of NSW.

The competition regulator has opened an informal review into whether competition issues would arise should French dairy company Lactalis make a play for the assets of New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra which are up for sale.

A local group is preparing a legal challenge to the Queensland government's plan to speed development of a new $3.8 billion stadium in Victoria Park for the 2032 Olympics.

In a "unique approach" to public-private partnerships, Corrs Chambers Westgarth has advised the sponsors and contractors on a landmark project for Australia's first renewable energy zone. 

Real estate investment firms Dexus and Ho-Group have convinced the valuer general of NSW to knock roughly $26 million off its initial valuation of a Sydney office sold by Ho-Group last year that was used in a land tax assessment. 

Directors of a family-run construction company that caused a landslide resulting in a couple's NSW Central Coast home being "effectively worthless" has been ordered to pay over $2 million dollars.