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.
AGL has sued Siemens for damages stemming from a generator outage at its coal-fired power station in Victoria’s LaTrobe Valley, which the energy company said at the time had resulted in a $70 million profit hit.
A personal injury and insurance expert from Kennedys has joined Clyde & Co’s partnership in Brisbane.
An injured construction worker has failed in his plea to the High Court to weigh in on his case, which alleged a principal contractor owed a duty of care to him as a sub-contractor’s employee.
Holding Redlich has lured two construction partners and one corporate partner for its Melbourne and Brisbane offices.
In the latest expansion of its energy, infrastructure and resources team, K&L Gates has lured the former co-head of Baker McKenzie’s Australia energy group to join the firm.
Seven has gone on the offensive in a lawsuit by former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach that alleges the broadcaster breached a settlement deed and defamed him, arguing it was Auerbach who broke the terms of their agreement.
Sarah Proudfoot has been appointed as the CEO of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission after leading the commission’s National Anti-Scam Centre.
The competition regulator has opened an informal review into whether competition issues would arise should French dairy company Lactalis make a play for the assets of New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra which are up for sale.
Lander & Rogers has settled a lawsuit by a former practice group manager alleging the firm engaged in a dodgy invoicing scheme and took adverse action against him after he began using a wheelchair.