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Developer Universal can’t resist payment claim after failure to serve schedule
Construction 2025-06-19 11:31 pm By Sam Matthews

An appeals court has ruled against developer Universal, which resisted a payment claim under the SOP Act, saying it couldn’t raise a defence pointing to the contract after failing to serve a payment schedule.

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Clifford Chance snags Corrs Chambers partner to lead class actions group
Business of Law 2025-06-18 11:00 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A leading class actions lawyer has made the jump from Corrs Chambers Westgarth to Clifford Chance, drawn by the firm’s global reach.

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Buildcorp entitled to payment for variation works to Blues Point Tower: court
Construction 2025-06-17 11:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The owners of the Blues Point Tower in the Sydney harbourside suburb of McMahons Point must cough up additional payments to builder Buildcorp after it undertook remediation work on the heritage-listed tower. 

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‘All things must pass’: Supreme Court farewells ‘master of the single sentence’
Business of Law 2025-06-13 11:17 pm By Andy Sidler

Pithy one-liners and even pithier rulings are just part of NSW Supreme Court judge James Stevenson’s legacy as he steps down from the bench, bringing to an end a class of judicial staffers known as “Team Stevo”

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Clough’s $54M cross-claim stayed in feud with JV partner over EnergyConnect project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-06-13 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has stayed engineering firm Clough’s $54 million cross-claim against its former joint venture partner on the EnergyConnect transmission project, Elecnor, saying the claim must be sent to arbitration.

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Sydney Fish Market operator loses bid for stash of docs on new development
Construction 2025-06-12 11:43 pm By Sam Matthews

After describing the $836 million project for a new Sydney Fish Market as “an architecturally designed death knell to the NSW seafood industry”, the market operator has mostly lost its application to make Infrastructure NSW hand over 100 project documents.

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Roberts Co picked for Macquarie Steet hotel revamp
Construction 2025-06-12 11:11 pm By Christine Caulfield

While parts of the business have been placed in administration, Roberts Co has been selected as development manager and early contractor for a project on Sydney’s Macquarie Street.

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Ex-Turner Freeman client wants to appeal failed case over property dispute
Appeals 2025-06-11 3:11 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A former Turner Freeman client is seeking to appeal a District Court decision summarily dismissing his professional negligence case against the firm and a silk over a dispute with an owners corporation. 

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EVT puts Sydney CBD entertainment complex up for sale
Real Estate 2025-06-11 11:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Entertainment giant EVT has put its landmark Sydney CBD Event Cinemas complex on the market.

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Defence by Meriton’s Karimbla in $123M defects case contrary to court orders, owners say
Construction 2025-06-06 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

Owners of apartments at Meriton’s Alcove St Ives will fight a defence by the developer’s building unit they say goes against court orders made allowing them to greatly expand their case.

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