A contractor working on upgrades at the Metropolitan Remand Centre in Victoria has filed proceedings against the Victorian Correction Infrastructure Partnership, arguing a dispute resolution clause in their contract runs afoul of the SOP Act.
King & Wood Mallesons has advised Transgrid on a project to connect the country’s first renewable energy zone to NSW’s energy grid.
A court has clarified that BaptistCare Community Housing can use a social housing property in Five Dock to secure a loan from Housing Australia for improvements at the site.
Australian mining company Gold Road Resources has agreed to a $3.7 billion takeover by South African mining company Gold Fields.
Charter Hall has forked over $146 million for the Corio Village Shopping Centre in the Geelong suburb of Corio.
A court has allowed Ben Roberts-Smith to admit into evidence a secret recording of Nine journalist Nick McKenzie, as the former soldier makes a fresh bid to revive his failed defamation case.
Nine journalist Nick McKenzie was pressed during cross-examination on Thursday in Ben Roberts-Smith’s bid to re-open his defamation appeal on whether he has used deceptive methods or ‘subterfuge’ in his reporting.
A criminal defence lawyer sexually harassed a female paralegal who worked at his Fremantle firm, according to a suit that details a series of alleged incidents, including a request that she wear his wife’s court robes.
The funder that backed a failed shareholder class action against an ex-Quintis director and EY is fighting a bid for a third-party costs order, arguing such orders shouldn’t be imposed on funders where there is no doubt they will pay up.
A local group is preparing a legal challenge to the Queensland government’s plan to speed development of a new $3.8 billion stadium in Victoria Park for the 2032 Olympics.
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