ACT

Contractor Civil & Civic Corporation has lost an appeal against construction firm Nova Builders over an alleged mistaken payment for work done on a lakeside townhouse development in Canberra.

An ACT tribunal has found a local group of golf enthusiasts don't have standing to challenge the approval of a retirement village development slated for construction on the Federal Golf Course in Canberra. 

Non-profit aged care provider Southern Cross Care has agreed to pay over $11.7 million to 5,500 underpaid staff as part of a court-enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman.

The ACT's Territory Planning Authority can appeal a decision approving a $330 million, 691-unit development at the Gold Creek Country Club. 

A former IP Australia patent examiner has lost his latest appeal of a Fair Work Commission decision that found he was not forced to resign from his job.

Courts continue to disagree on the meaning of 'serious harm' in defamation law, a threshold test introduced in 2021 that has raised the bar for plaintiffs claiming a publication has damaged their reputations.

The developers of the Aspen and Establishment residential projects in Canberra have flagged they may expand their $13 million cross-claims against builder Geocon to include defects claims.

A lawyer who initially refused to accept evidence that his client lacked legal capacity has been fined $2,500 and reprimanded by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal for unsatisfactory professional conduct.

A developer with plans for a retirement village on part of the Federal Golf Course has lost a bid for an interim stay of a tribunal proceeding by a community group opposed to the project.

The developers of the Aspen and Establishment luxury residential projects in Canberra have lobbed a cross-claim alleging builder Geocon owes them up to $12.9 million in delay damages.