The events described by an ex-Master Builders Association board member read like a best-seller, involving as they do boardroom drama, a secret investigation and an alleged whistleblower. But as thrilling as they sound, they don’t support orders for discovery against the construction lobby group, a judge has said.
A real estate agency in Victoria has lost a suit seeking the payment of its advertising costs from a former client, with a judge finding that writing ‘TBA’ in the contract defeated the consumer protection purpose of rules for real estate agents.
The Supreme Court of Victoria has debuted a new expedited case list for the Commercial Court, aimed at fast-tracking urgent cases and those that can be heard in three days or less.
Builder LU Simon has failed in an injunction bid as part of its case against the developer of a $52 million project in the inner city Melbourne suburb of Carlton.
A property developer has won its challenge to a VCAT decision that tanked its subdivision plans, with an appeals court accepting its argument that the decision was “seriously illogical”.
An upscale health and wellness facility in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs has been sold to a private investor for $24.65 million.
A $175 million deal struck to resolve 30 class actions on behalf of junior doctors in Victoria has earned the approval of a judge, who took the unusual course of dispensing with a court hearing on the settlement.
Former senior barrister Norman O’Bryan has pleaded not guilty to two criminal charges in connection with his role as counsel for the Banksia Securities class action.
Former barrister Norman O’Bryan has lost his bid to suppress reporting on the hearing where he was committed to stand trial for criminal offences related to his role in the Banksia class action, with a magistrate finding the orders would be “futile”.
The Victorian Supreme Court has granted cosmetic surgeon Daniel Lanzer an extension to provide discovery in a class action against him and his clinic after hearing he was facing medical issues.