Judges

A court has extended urgent freezing orders against the developers of the $133 million Babylon Apartments in the north-west Sydney suburb of Rouse Hill, in a dispute over a builder's payment debt.

Cor Cordis has lost its bid to strike out claims by the former chair of the insolvency firm that it "confected" reductions in work in progress to avoid paying his full retirement entitlements.

The Full Federal Court has shot down billionaire Clive Palmer's bid to revive misconduct claims against former ASIC chair James Shipton, calling his case "little more than houses of cards".

A subcontractor that provided piling services on a Parramatta RSL carpark project has been ordered to pay excavation contractor A-Civil more than $350,000, with a judge finding it was liable for liquidated damages and other amounts.

Counsel representing a class action on behalf of thousands of Aussie Home Loan customers has told a trial judge brokers "planted seeds" to convince customers they needed to take out worthless mortgage protection insurance.

A class action on behalf of defence force members over alleged defective combat earplugs manufactured by 3M has won its bid for a further six months to serve its case, filed almost two years ago.

A judge has questioned counsel for a class action over public housing in the Northern Territory, grilling the barrister as to why the legal team had no contingency plan following the death of the lead applicant.

A judge has ordered advice platform JustAnswer to pay $10 million in the consumer regulator's case over misleading claims about its subscription service.

CMC Markets has avoided production of unredacted solicitors' invoices to support a bid for $8.6 million to cover costs in a class action, despite the applicant arguing the trading platform's legal team was "top-heavy” and the security application unprecedented.

Three Sydney residents have dropped their claims against Transport for New South Wales in a suit alleging a new cycleway on Oxford Street is discriminatory, after the court struck out most of their claims against the government agency.