Moray & Agnew

A superintendent on a $25 million Melbourne project had no power to make an adjustment to a payment claim for purported cost overruns that left the builder owing more than the value of its claim, a judge has held.

Builder Acciona and consultant AECOM have been named as defendants in a class action on behalf of families of victims of a bus accident in Hunter Valley, NSW, facing allegations they were responsible for the construction and certification of the interchange where it occurred. 

Developer Infinity can't stay a case by the liquidators of collapsed developer Crown Group seeking to sell the land for their failed joint venture for a luxury residential tower in Melbourne’s Southbank, with a judge finding a dispute resolution clause in their agreement was too vague to be enforceable. 

A former Turner Freeman client is seeking to appeal a District Court decision summarily dismissing his professional negligence case against the firm and a silk over a dispute with an owners corporation. 

Developer Thousand Hills Property has won an appeal in its fight with LBA Capital over a scuttled property deal for NDIS housing, with an appeals court accepting that LBA repudiated the deal in an email sent by its former director.

Developer Infinity wants to stay a case by liquidators of collapsed developer Crown Group seeking to sell the land for their stalled joint venture for a residential tower in Melbourne’s Southbank.

A judge has lifted a five-year stay imposed on two cases brought against individual gynaecologists by group members in a resolved class action against Johnson & Johnson over allegedly defective pelvic mesh implants.

A judge has dispensed with court rules to allow shopfitter Ramvek to bring a non-compliant summary judgment application against a builder in a payment dispute, saying strict compliance with the rules was at odds with the procedure and policy of the SOPA.

An automotive law expert has joined Moray & Agnew as a partner in the firm's corporate and commercial practice.

Insurer AAI has taken aim at an architect and builder as it seeks to limit its liability in a class action over alleged combustible cladding installed in two high-rise towers in a Sydney suburb.