Contracts

A court has excused the developer of a warehouse in greater western Sydney from paying a $1.38 million rent guarantee to CapitaLand Ascendas' REIT trustee Perpetual, finding it met its obligation to procure a tenant.

The wife of a Dubai investor who is accused of failing to repay a $10.7 million debt over a "highly unusual" airport investment proposal has been hit with a third-party freezing order, after the court heard that she received $1.2 million from her husband's business.

The owner of a concrete business has lost his suit against the purchasers for compensation for out of hours work, with a judge finding his services agreement made clear he was to be paid a fixed annual rate of $200,000.

Acciona has won $2.1 million from Zurich Insurance and two other insurers in a case alleging it was entitled to indemnity after severe weather events damaged work on the Bruce Highway project in Queensland. 

Crowley Australia has lost its challenge to a $6.1 million decision for contractor Latitude 63 in a payment row over the construction of fuel tanks in Darwin, with a judge rejecting claims the adjudicator should have recused himself. 

Transport for NSW has issued a warning to M6 construction contractors CPB, Ghella and UGL over a “sustained failure” to resume work on the Sydney motorway after sinkholes forced a halt to the project in 2024.

A court has heard that a class action on behalf of hundreds of thousands of customers whose flights were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic is estimated to be worth over $100 million.

Built has lost its lawsuit against the Victorian Correctional Infrastructure Partnership over a dispute resolution mechanism in a construction subcontract for upgrades to the Metropolitan Remand Centre. 

The Parramatta Eels and National Rugby League player Zac Lomax have reached a settlement in a contract dispute over his plans to join the Melbourne Storm.

Trial was pushed off on Monday in NRL player Zac Lomax's contract spat with the Parramatta Eels, with the court hearing the parties are "very close" to resolving the dispute.