Justice Elisabeth Peden

An RSL club can raise a set-off defence against a subcontractor’s claim under the Contractor’s Debt Act, after a judge rejected the subcontractor’s argument that the defence was barred by a provision of the SOPA.

Real estate asset manager Dexus will cover the legal costs of shareholders whose stake in Australia Pacific Airports Corporation hangs in the balance, as it reveals a $55 million book value increase.

The owners of the Blues Point Tower in the Sydney harbourside suburb of McMahons Point must cough up additional payments to builder Buildcorp after it undertook remediation work on the heritage-listed tower. 

A Western Sydney developer must make good on an agreement to buy a rezoned greenfield site in regional NSW for $70 million and pay $2.2 million in interest, a judge has found. 

The date has been set for a court battle over Dexus' sale of shares in Asia Pacific Airport Corporation, a fight the operator of Melbourne and Launceston airports says needs 10 hearing days.

Cladding maker 3A Composites has lost its bid to set aside a cross-claim in a suit against the builder of the Tempo residential towers in Botany Bay over allegedly flammable aluminium composite panels.

Dairy company Fonterra is reportedly challenging a court's refusal to give it certainty over lucrative licence agreements with Bega Cheese as it pursues a sale of its Australian business.

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.

Facing a US antitrust suit by Glencore, global agribusiness Louis Dreyfus BV has won its bid to examine Sydney resident Mark Allen, a former Glencore trader and current CEO of agri-finance firm Thera Capital.

Developer VSD Investments has lost an argument for withholding an $8.5 million payment claim from the builder of a 30-storey project in Sydney's inner west pending the construction company's appeal.