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The owners of Perth high-rise HBF House have won their bid for discovery of documents from two CIMIC entities identifying defects with the façade, in a suit alleging the building squeaks when the weather changes and leaks when it rains.

A Victoria Supreme Court judge has ordered the transfer of two cases over pre-emptive rights in a land development unit trust to the Federal Court, to be heard alongside a case by property developer Villawood.

Hall & Wilcox has hired an experienced employment lawyer from Holding Redlich to boost its government offering in Canberra.

A landmark decision by the High Court over MACH Energy’s coal mine extension will likely lead to more climate litigation, with the court providing a clear path for challenging project approvals in NSW based on downstream emissions, experts told Lawyerly. 

Allens, along with fellow Big Six firm Clayton Utz, has joined a leading data centre lobbying group to promote national reforms that will bring greater certainty to data centre developments.

Engineering company Gulf Civil has lost a challenge to an adjudicator's payment claim decision after arguing an  agreement to hire equipment from K & F Group did not constitute a construction contract.

Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths, which are facing hundreds of millions of dollars in wage remediation costs after a landmark ruling, are likely to appeal once declarations are made in four drawn-out court cases.

Developer Villawood can share documents produced in litigation against its former director with federal police, after persuading a judge the public interest in investigating possible crimes outweighed the interest in confidentiality.

Jones Day is making moves on its rivals, luring leading lawyers across disputes, real estate, energy, corporate and IP from a who's who of top firms.

Lawyers have welcomed a judge's orders that AI be used in class actions to improve efficiency, but warned it could remove opportunities for junior solicitors to hone necessary skills.