Contracts

A former financial advisor and his company have won court approval to run a claim challenging AMP's buyer of last resort policy, despite the company being a group member in a related class action that settled for $100 million in 2023. 

A court has found a Pelligra Group unit validly terminated leases for offices in a Melbourne CBD building rented by Birdies Mini Golf owner Stephanie Doyle after she failed to meet a deadline for agreement on floorplans.

A judge has accepted that Cbus’ agreement to buy a 50 per cent stake in Sydney’s troubled Halo Tower could fall through if the beleaguered developer behind the project is forced to remain in administration, shooting down a challenge to a DOCA.

Pitcher Partners has argued in its case against a former client over a $1.3 million abort fee that treating proposed deal changes as material departures would enable parties to avoid such fees by putting forward absurd terms. 

Airport baggage handling company Alstef Australia is trying to halt Brisbane Airport Corporation from calling on $13.4  million in bank guarantees, in a dispute over a contract for works to upgrade the baggage system at the airport's domestic terminal.

A judge has rejected an application by online trading platform IG Markets to amend a cross-claim against a trader who earned $5.5 million in 30 minutes through a 'test market'.

A judge has questioned why unsecured creditors will not give a promise to pay damages as they seek to stop a DOCA for the Milligan-owned developer of the $1.8 billion Halo Tower from going ahead, which could allegedly cause $100 million in losses. 

Actress Rebel Wilson has won court approval to file additional evidence about her conduct since the release of 'The Deb' in proceedings brought by production company AI Film.

Preventing a DOCA for the Milligan-owned developer of the troubled $1.8 billion Halo Tower skyscraper in Sydney could cause $100 million in losses and jeopardise a sale to Cbus set to settle in July, a court has heard.

The operator of Perth Airport has filed an appeal after United Petroleum won its case alleging it was induced to enter into a $900,000 lease and construction agreement with promises of redevelopment at the site.