Building materials giant Boral has acquired the Wallan Concrete plant 45km north of Melbourne’s CBD for an undisclosed sum, two months after its purchase of a Victorian sand producer.
West Gate Tunnel builders CPB Contractors and John Holland say engineer Aurecon Australasia should be on the hook for $359 million in damages for alleged design errors in Victoria’s West Tunnel project, a court has heard.
Administrators of construction company Roberts Co Victoria, which owes $272 million to 470 creditors, are justified in treating funds as if held on trust for subcontractors on six projects in Melbourne, a judge has found.
Deakin University is suing builder Hanson Yuncken seeking $14.3 million for alleged defects on a building at its Burwood campus.
The Victorian Supreme Court has found it can rule on a competition claim by the owner of a lot in the Merrifield Business Park masterplanned community over a restrictive covenant preventing it from leasing the land.
A federal competition claim by the owner of a lot in the Merrifield Business Park masterplanned community over a restrictive covenant preventing it from leasing the land will be decided by a state court.
Watpac faces a lawsuit by Wyndham City Council over alleged leaks from the roof of the redesigned Werribee Sports and Fitness Centre, which it says cost $3.5 million to fix.
The plaintiff in a flex commissions class action against ANZ has asked the court to approve a $85 million settlement, including a 24.5 per cent group costs order, citing the “considerable risk” involved in running the case.
A Melbourne law firm has been hit with a $48,840 penalty in a case by a junior lawyer who was required to work over 200 hours in three weeks, including several days and nights spent working around the clock in a hotel.
Shareholders are set to pocket 58 per cent of a $65 million settlement in a class action against Treasury Wine Estates if the deal is approved by a court at a hearing this month.