Mills Oakley

NSW government-owned utility Hunter Water has been ordered to pay $1.2 million in damages to 118 owners in a townhouse block in Newcastle for flooding caused by a burst water main. 

In the final chapter of a years-long fight, an appeals court has ordered a NSW prefab home builder to pay almost $500,000 in damages after finding it engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct to convince a couple to vary their contract to allow the use of cladding they had previously rejected.

A court has appointed receivers to two entities of collapsed asset manager Australian Fiduciaries amid concerns by the corporate regulator that $167 million in funds have been misused, including to buy $600,000 in luxury cars.

Johnson Winter Slattery has lured a real estate partner with 15 years of experience from Mills Oakley.

The directors of defunct Sharvain Facades have won a bid to narrow the scope of documents they must produce in a case by Commercial Freight and Logisticsw, which claims an equitable lien over real estate.

The owners corporation of a 98-unit Parklea development by defunct builder Dyldam Developments have appealed a ruling that found time was up on its insurance claim for building defects in a property completed 17 years ago.

Gadens has poached three partners from Allens and Mills Oakley to grow its corporate practice. 

A director at property developer Villawood can't shield instructions given to his Mills Oakley solicitor after a judge found he sought to use his lawyer to mislead the court.

A judge has found bathroom products giant Reece did not validly end a decade-long warehouse lease after its own actions caused a delay in obtaining an occupation certificate.

After more than a year on ice, two class actions against age care facilities over COVID-19 outbreaks are set to resume late this year, following a month-long criminal trial that kicks off next week.