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Appeals court affirms $50M haircut for land acquired for Melbourne freeway
Construction 2025-06-06 11:53 pm By Andy Sidler

The owners of land acquired to build the Mordialloc Freeway have lost a bid for $52.8 million in compensation, with an appeals court affirming that they are only entitled to $2.24 million because of prior compensation paid on the land.

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Meta not ‘innocent bystander’, says ACCC in fight to keep crypto ad case alive
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-06-04 11:50 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The ACCC is again trying to fend off a strike-out bid by Facebook owner Meta in its case over cryptocurrency ads, arguing Meta has built a system in which the misleading ads can flourish and is not an “innocent bystander”. The regulator lodged the case in March 2022, alleging it breached the Australian Consumer Law…

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Parkview reaches settlement in Australia Towers cladding case
Construction 2025-06-05 11:44 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Parkview Constructions has reached a settlement in an owners corporation’s lawsuit over allegedly combustible cladding at the Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park.

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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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Judge rejects ‘fishing expedition’ in prospective suit over DNA sequencing patents
Intellectual Property 2025-06-04 11:09 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has thrown out a notice to produce issued by an Australian company being targeted by UK genomic sequencing company Oxford Nanopore Technologies, calling its bid for board minutes and other documents a “fishing expedition”.

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Judge questions law firms ‘passing the prize around’ by teaming up to run class actions
Class Actions 2025-06-03 11:09 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing two competing class actions against Google has issued a warning to law firms that agree to team up and work on a class action together, saying that in other markets such arrangements might be viewed as “something akin to a cartel”.

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‘Low quantum’ junk insurance class action to leave group members with ‘almost nothing’, court told
Class Actions 2025-06-03 11:28 pm By Andy Sidler

Mortgage broker Lendi Group and insurer ALI Group want to declass a junk insurance class action, telling a judge that even in a successful scenario, the more than 13,000 group members will be left to share only $2.5 million. 

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Class action over Melbourne development settles, law firm comes up short
Class Actions 2025-06-03 2:30 pm By Christine Caulfield

A class action by investors in a Melbourne apartment develpment has resolved for $2.6 million, but the law firm bringing the case will take a haircut on its fees after group members ignored calls to contribute to the costs.

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Trial in Australia Towers cladding case delayed as Parkview nears settlement
Construction 2025-06-04 11:15 pm By Sam Matthews

The owners corporation suing Parkview Construction over alleged combustible cladding at the Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park is “hopeful” of a settlement being reached, a court has heard on the eve of trial.

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Forge liquidators near settlement in insider trading case against Clough, ex-directors
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-06-04 11:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Liquidators of collapsed Forge Group are close to settling their insider trading case against engineering and construction company Clough and former directors, a court has heard on what was to be the first day of trial.

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