Boroondara City Council has told a court that builder ADCO was “particularly motivated” to not provide a parent company guarantee under a $59 million contract to develop the Kew Recreation Centre after the roof of the building collapsed during the construction.
Samsung Bioepis has successfully opposed Janssen’s bid to patent a monoclonal antibody to treat ulcerative colitis, but an IP Australia delegate has given the J&J-owned company a chance to fix its application.
A judge has questioned whether an investor in failed Banksia Securities can bring a case against a court-appointed receiver over his support for a class action settlement later found to involve deception by a team of lawyers.
The receiver for Banksia Securities — the failed lender at the centre of a scandal-ridden class action — has argued a new case accusing him of serious misconduct is vexatious and wants a court to release him from the claims.
German car hire company SIXT has dropped its bid for an injunction barring Darwin International Airport from requiring it to vacate the premises it operates out of at the airport.
Venture capital firm EVP has added 20 parties to a lawsuit seeking to recoup its $10.4 million investment in Strongroom AI, as a judge extended freezing orders against directors of the med-tech start-up.
Developer Techin MBS has filed a lawsuit against Maddocks, claiming the law firm is liable for negligence if a contract of sale for a penthouse in Toorak with multi-millionaire Scott Shearman is not found to be binding.
German car hire company SIXT has expanded its $1.9 million case against the Darwin International and Alice Springs airports over allegedly unlawful lease agreements, alleging the Darwin airport acting unconscionably and in retaliation by serving it with a notice to vacate the airport site.
ANZ has agreed to pay $240 million in penalties to resolve four separate cases by the corporate regulator, including a record $80 million penalty for unconscionable conduct in its dealings with the federal government.
Brisbane Airport has lost its bid for information about government-owned Airservices’ handling of PFAS at other airports, in their $690 million dispute over use of the chemicals at the Queensland airport.