Industries

Gold Coast Council has brought a High Court case over a decision that found the city must consider the provision of affordable housing in assessing an application by developer Cielo Group for a luxury beachfront highrise.

The Tamworth local council has lost its bid to inspect advice given by Baker McKenzie to the owner of the Hills of Gold wind farm in regional NSW as they fight over costs in a development consent dispute.

The Victorian government has told the High Court it had no obligation to act with procedural fairness when it decided to demolish inner-city public housing towers in Melbourne, as the court mulls whether to revive a class action by tower residents.

A former director of property developer Villawood has argued a judge should disqualify himself from hearing a contempt case after finding he gave false instructions to his Mills Oakley solicitor.

The co-owners of a property in the Adelaide CBD have lost their appeal of a tribunal decision that increased the site's value from $5.4 million to $6.9 million.

The financial crimes regulator has called on banks to take action to address "systemic" weaknesses in the lending sector after it identified widespread mortgage fraud.

The former CEO of engineering services firm DRA Global has failed in a dispute over law firm emails he claimed were produced in futherance of an unlawful scheme to take control of the company's board.

Richard White’s anti-money laundering software company Kyckr has denied unfair dismissal claims by its former chief technical officer, saying she never raised concerns about serious technical vulnerabilities and governance issues ahead of a proposed acquisition.

The prudential regulator has imposed licence conditions on Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and will keep a $50 million capital add-on requirement, following a Deloitte analysis that found "material deficiencies" in its non-financial risk management.

EY has claimed a "draconian" provision of the Taxation Administration Act precludes it from handing over the client file of a property developer who has accused a former partner of breaching fiduciary duties.