A former client of Coleman Grieg has lost her challenge to alleged “exorbitant” fees charged by the law firm, with a judge also rejecting her contention that she signed costs notices under duress.
Lendlease can’t bring new claims in an unsuccessful fight over Campbelltown plots worth $120 million, with a judge finding it was not appropriate to allow the amendments “at this very late stage”.
A judge has ordered a Sydney law firm to pay $427,000 to a former client after finding it drafted a defective notice in a land sale and defended proceedings that came about because of its own negligence.
Real estate fund manager Charter Hall has secured leases for 90 per cent of its $850 million Light Horse logistics hub in Eastern Creek, Western Sydney.
In a court fight between engineering firm Clough and its former joint venture partner Elecnor, a judge has questioned Elecnor’s “extremely inconvenient” bid to send Clough’s $54 million cross-claim to arbitration in Singapore.
MAC Copper, which operates the Cobar copper mine in NSW, has accepted a $1.6 billion takeover offer from South African-based gold mining company Harmony Gold.
Companies can expect to pay 60 per cent more to rent out floors with views in Sydney’s premium office towers, according to a report by commercial real estate broker CBRE.
The NSW government has granted mine operator Glencore permission to run the Ulan coal mine until 2035, allowing for the extraction of an additional 18.8 million tonnes of coal, despite net zero targets on the horizon.
CSR Building Products has won a legal challenge over a development application at its 52-hectare industrial estate in western Sydney, which has generated sale proceeds of over $408 million to date.
A Qube unit and a developer have lost their $20 million claim alleging the Department of Defence failed to properly address asbestos contamination on leased land which was redeveloped into a terminal facility in Moorebank.