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Ex-Downer EDI project manager can’t pull ICAC report over Transport for NSW contracts
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-08-19 11:05 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A former Downer EDI project manager has lost a bid for court orders forcing NSW’s Independent Commission Against Corruption to remove a report into a probe relating to Transport for NSW and Inner West Council tenders.

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Metro Cinemas loses case over lease agreement with NSW council
Contracts 2025-08-18 11:43 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has dismissed a case by Metro Cinemas against a NSW council, finding a lease agreement did not require the council to replace the cinema’s aging seats.

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Richard Crookes wins costs of aborted mediation in cladding suit
Construction 2025-08-18 11:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Builder Richard Crookes has won its costs after mediation was aborted in a case by the owners corporation for a building in Sydney’s Erskineville over aluminium composite panel cladding installed nine years ago. 

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EY mulls damages against Alvarez & Marsal for alleged client poaching
Accounting 2025-08-13 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

EY may seek damages against rival consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal after it won preliminary discovery to pursue possible claims over a mass departure of partners and staff from its international tax practice. 

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Port of Newcastle can’t have declarations in wharfage fee win against Glencore
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-13 11:28 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has refused a bid by the Port of Newcastle to make declarations following the dismissal of Glencore Coal’s case claiming it was overcharged $874,000 in wharfage fees, saying her judgment was clear on its face. 

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NSW Port Authority can shield cabinet docs in $300M suit over Glebe Island deal
Construction 2025-08-14 11:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Port Authority of NSW has won its claim for public interest immunity over six cabinet documents in a suit by a defunct sand importer over a lease agreement for a mulit-user facility at Glebe Island, with a judge finding they had little forensic value.

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Deicorp, Metrics to partner on $1.8B Five Dock development
Construction 2025-08-14 11:08 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Developer Deicorp and Metrics Credit Partners are teaming up on a $1.8 billion apartment project in Five Dock in Sydney’s Inner West.

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Gateway Capital scoops up Sydney warehouse from Blackstone for $800M industrial portfolio
Real Estate 2025-08-14 11:49 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Gateway Capital has acquired a warehouse in Sydney’s Eastern Creek from private equity firm Blackstone for $75 million as part its plan to build a $800 million industrial and logistics portfolio.

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Murray Darling class action a ‘world away’ from failed climate change case, court told
Trials 2025-08-11 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

On the first day of trial, a court has heard a class action over alleged negligent management of water flowing through the Murray Darling system is a “world away” from a climate change class action that recently failed at trial. 

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HWL Ebsworth loses fight over referees in developer’s $130M negligence case
Professional Negligence 2025-08-12 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

Law firm HWL Ebsworth, which was found liable for negligence over advice on a Parramatta land development, has lost its opposition to a referee process for calculating damages.

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