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Insurers fighting a case by Webuild and NRW's seeking coverage from damages caused by a sinkhole during the construction of Perth's $1.8 Billion Forrestfield-Airport Link have pointed to emails from WeBuild staff and contractors which they say prove their claims of fraud.

Trial has kicked off in a case by builders Webuild and NRW against their insurers over coverage for damage caused by a sinkhole during the construction of Perth's $1.8 billion Forrestfield-Airport Link.

Global law firm HFW has lured a Jones Day partner to join its construction disputes business in Singapore, with the firm more than doubling its global construction team since the last financial year. 

HopgoodGanim has snagged a partner from HFW with in-depth experience in renewables to support the firm's clients in the transition to net zero.

Law firm HFW has welcomed former Herbert Smith Freehills energy M&A partner Graeme Gamble to its Perth office.

HFW has snagged two partners specialising in litigation and restructuring and insolvency from Johnson Winter Slattery, including the firm's litigation practice group head.

A request to a female senior engineer for WSP to "get the coffees" during a client meeting did not amount to gender-based harassment, the Fair Work Commission has found in rejecting the engineer's unfair dismissal claim.

The litigation funder and lead plaintiffs in a class action against Queensland-owned Gladstone Ports are in dispute over who should be engaged to act in the long-running case after the solicitor on record left Clyde & Co for a rival law firm.

International law firm HFW has lured a team of eight lawyers from Clyde & Co, led by a partner known for his litigation funding practice.

International law firm HFW is expanding its Australian employment practice, hiring leading industrial relations, safety and employment law solicitor Simon Billing in Perth.