Contracts

Trading platform Plus500 has taken its challenge to an investor class action to the High Court, after an appeals court upheld a finding that an arbitration clause in its terms and conditions was unfair.

A judge has ordered a Mills Oakley partner to pay his former law firm over $300,000 after finding he had overdrawn his share of the partnership income.

Insurance underwriter Tokio Marine has denied misleading US investment firm White Oak by staying silent on alleged issues with an IAG policy keeping Greensill's supply chain financing business operating. 

Tech and management consultancy Capco has won preliminary discovery orders as it considers whether it has a case against a former senior employee who resigned to work for rival NTT Data.

An appeals court has ruled that Heran Group's York Property can call on $6.4 million in bank guarantees in its dispute with builder Tomkins, which alleges that a $17.5 million payment certificate issued under a contract to build a 119-Gold Coast residential tower was not authorised.

A judge won't order expert mathematical evidence in a suit against Monash University over alleged unpaid bed rent, saying the calculations could be done by someone in Year 7.

Builder Hansen Yuncken is seeking preliminary discovery from the Victorian government as it mulls proceedings alleging the state interfered with the independence of a superintendent in relation to a $156 million contract to expand the Barwon prison near Geelong.

The owners of Perth high-rise HBF House have won their bid for discovery of documents from two CIMIC entities identifying defects with the façade, in a suit alleging the building squeaks when the weather changes and leaks when it rains.

Greensill investor White Oak is fighting insurer Tokio Marine's claim of privilege over a report by a Japanese law firm into the collapse of the supply chain financier, saying the privilege is not recognised in Australia.

A judge has set aside a $3.65 million statutory demand against developer Sunnice in its dispute with builder Binah over a contract for the $133 million Babylon apartments in Sydney's Rouse Hill.