The receiver appointed a decade ago to claw back money for investors in failed Banksia Securities might seek the protection of a court order releasing him from proposed new proceedings, which would also target lawyers alleged to have breached their overarching obligations.
A court has extended freezing orders over the assets of two men suspected of connections to two Keystone funds, which ASIC has expressed “grave concerns” about.
Logistics company Qube wants the High Court to clarify the scope of an adjudicator’s role in determining a contractor’s payment claims under the SOP Act.
While granting yet another extension, a judge has read the riot act to Airservices Australia for its breaches of court orders to file evidence in Brisbane Airport’s $690 million case over PFAS chemical use.
A court’s finding that EnergyAustralia is on the hook for portable long service leave for maintenance workers at its Yallourn power station because its “significant’ maintenance activities mean it’s ‘in the construction industry’ could affect energy, rail and telecommunications firms.
A judge has allowed Perth Airport to amend its case against sublessee Airservices over alleged groundwater contamination from the use of firefighting foam, finding that allowing the airport to describe PFAS chemicals as “potentially toxic” would not render the case ambiguous.
A unit of collapsed start-up StrongRoom AI has warned creditors of its parent company that recent freezing orders need to be tweaked to allow it to continue trading, or there may be little money left to argue over.
The builder contracted to carry out expansion works at Casey Hospital in Berwick has sued its insurer for refusing to cover $4 million in damages caused by a subcontractor’s delays.
Logistics company Qube can’t dodge a $71 million payment to subcontractor Martinus Rail, with an appeals court finding no error in an adjudicator’s finding that Qube’s payment schedule was “incomprehensible”.
Tamworth Regional Council has won its bid to be joined to an environmental group’s appeal of the approval for the controversial Hills of Gold wind farm.