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Aqualand luxury tower loses challenge to $10.6M asset freeze
Construction 2025-07-02 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

A luxury Aqualand development in Milsons Point can’t undo a $10.6 million freezing order granted to the owners corporation to address the risk that funds would be unavailable to meet its claim for damages to remedy alleged defects. 

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‘All things must pass’: Supreme Court farewells ‘master of the single sentence’
Business of Law 2025-06-13 11:17 pm By Andy Sidler

Pithy one-liners and even pithier rulings are just part of NSW Supreme Court judge James Stevenson’s legacy as he steps down from the bench, bringing to an end a class of judicial staffers known as “Team Stevo”

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Clough’s $54M cross-claim stayed in feud with JV partner over EnergyConnect project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-06-13 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has stayed engineering firm Clough’s $54 million cross-claim against its former joint venture partner on the EnergyConnect transmission project, Elecnor, saying the claim must be sent to arbitration.

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‘I’m really going to miss this’: Construction list judge’s curtain call gets a laugh
Courts 2025-06-13 11:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

Turning back to counsel on rising from the bench after an urgent hearing in a dispute between Dexus and the operator of Melbourne airport, Justice James Stevenson told them what his impending retirement would mean.

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Shaw & Partners wins discovery for possible suit against advisor
Employment 2025-06-11 11:10 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has granted Shaw & Partners’ bid for preliminary discovery for a possible suit against an advisor that jumped ship to Solomons Wealth Management.

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Defence by Meriton’s Karimbla in $123M defects case contrary to court orders, owners say
Construction 2025-06-06 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

Owners of apartments at Meriton’s Alcove St Ives will fight a defence by the developer’s building unit they say goes against court orders made allowing them to greatly expand their case.

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Cabramatta property developer can’t rely on assumptions in defects spat with owners
Construction 2025-06-05 11:04 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has ruled that the owners corporation of a 20-unit development in Cabramatta is entitled to damages from the developer over defects, after promised rectification works were not carried out by an agreed date.

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Too late for Lendlease to run new argument in $120M Campbelltown land feud
Real Estate 2025-05-29 11:52 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Lendlease can’t bring new claims in an unsuccessful fight over Campbelltown plots worth $120 million, with a judge finding it was not appropriate to allow the amendments “at this very late stage”.

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‘Extremely inconvenient’: Court unhappy with arbitration push in EnergyConnect project spat
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-05-28 11:52 pm By Sam Matthews

In a court fight between engineering firm Clough and its former joint venture partner Elecnor, a judge has questioned Elecnor’s “extremely inconvenient” bid to send Clough’s $54 million cross-claim to arbitration in Singapore.

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‘What’s done can’t be undone’: Judge says alleged Dexus breach seems irremediable
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-05-22 11:34 pm By Christine Caulfield

Dexus’ denial of a breach of confidentiality in a battle with co-owners of airport operator APAC is unlikely to hold up, a judge has said, and what appears to have been done can’t be undone. What the high-stakes row will come down to, he says, is materiality.

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