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Buildcorp points the finger as Star seeks $4.4M for combustible cladding repairs
Star Entertainment 2025-10-14 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

Buildcorp Group is pointing the finger at a host of subcontractors as it fights a case brought by Star Entertainment over allegedly defective combustible cladding at its Sydney casino, which cost $4.4 million to replace. 

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Pentana can’t withdraw admissions in misuse of market power case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-10-09 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has declined car dealer software supplier Pentana’s bid to withdraw admissions made over four years ago in a dispute with competitor Titan DMS.

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Judge vacates trial in $27M suit over defects in Liverpool residential development
Construction 2025-10-10 11:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has vacated an upcoming trial in a $27 million lawsuit against a unit of Coronation Property over alleged defects in a Liverpool high-rise.

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As trial approaches in case over $30M Brisbane development, more security ordered
Construction 2025-10-10 11:32 pm By Christine Caulfield

Developer CIP Group must fork over another $1.17 million in further security for costs in a derivative case against entities associated with a 600-lot development in Brisbane.

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Colin Biggers & Paisley construction ace appointed managing partner
Construction 2025-09-25 11:31 pm By Christine Caulfield

A construction law expert has been appointed as the new managing partner of national law firm Colin Biggers & Paisley.

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Supersized? Judge wants to know value of McDonald’s class action claims
Class Actions 2025-08-22 11:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge overseeing a class action on behalf of 300,000 allegedly underpaid McDonald’s workers wants to know the monetary value of the claims, while also questioning why the initial trial in the complex case is set to run for 35 days.

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Offsetting case tossed in contract dispute over Hazelwood power plant
Construction 2025-08-21 11:56 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has rejected a bid by a Hazelwood power plant contractor to pursue an offsetting claim for an alleged breach of confidentiality in response to a $1.7 million demand from a subcontractor.

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Richard Crookes wins costs of aborted mediation in cladding suit
Construction 2025-08-18 11:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Builder Richard Crookes has won its costs after mediation was aborted in a case by the owners corporation for a building in Sydney’s Erskineville over aluminium composite panel cladding installed nine years ago. 

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‘News to me’: Judge slams HSF partner’s claim that subpoenaing witness not good practice
Insurance 2025-07-22 11:42 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has slammed a Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer partner’s submission that it is not good practice to subpoena witnesses in complex litigation — saying this was “news to [her]” — and rejected client AMP’s bid to have a key witness testify from an Airbnb.

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Court finds bar on anti-competitive contracts doesn’t apply to land
Construction 2025-07-07 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge hearing a dispute over a lot in Victoria’s Merrifield Business Park has found that the Competition and Consumer Act’s bar on contracts that substantially lessen competition does not apply to a market in land.

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