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Corrs Chambers Westgarth has added another impressive lateral to its growing tax practice, luring Ashurst’s global co-head of tax.
Buildcorp points the finger as Star seeks $4.4M for combustible cladding repairs
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Buildcorp Group is pointing the finger at a host of subcontractors as it fights a case brought by Star Entertainment over allegedly defective combustible cladding at its Sydney casino, which cost $4.4 million to replace.
Whyalla contractor owed $106M, sues to wind up Gupta’s Liberty Primary Metals
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Mining services company Golding Contractors claims Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Primary Metals owes $106 million for work performed for Whyalla Steelworks, and has filed winding up proceedings.
Acciona drops bid for $500M East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant
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Spanish infrastructure giant Acciona has dropped its bid to acquire the $500 million East Rockingham waste-to-energy project in Western Australia, after a lengthy review by the ACCC.
Woodside faces new challenges over North West Shelf extension
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Two activist groups have launched fresh action against Woodside’s North West Shelf gas project, after the energy company secured final government approval for an extension to the venture.
ASIC wins winding up orders against property developer ALAMMC
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ASIC has secured winding up orders against Gold Coas- based ALAMMC Developments and a number of related companies amid concerns the property developer mismanaged millions of investors funds.
Ashurst moves fast to fill stamp duty gap with new partner hire
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Ashurst has lured a senior tax partner from MinterEllison with substantial experience in real estate and infrastructure, a day after Corrs Chambers poached its global co-head of tax, who is an expert in the stamp duty.
Law firm wants EML class action fee bumped back to rejected rate
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The contingency fee rate sought by Shine Lawyers in its bid to vary a group costs order in a class action against EML Payments has been revealed as the percentage profit it initially proposed to a judge, who took an ax to it three years ago.
Herald Sun claims exemption in Groth privacy invasion case
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The publisher of the Herald Sun denies it defamed Victorian Liberal deputy leader Sam Groth and argues it’s exempt from new privacy laws, in a defence to a lawsuit over reports on the timeline of the politician’s relationship with his wife.
Scidera’s bovine gene patent suit survives summary dismissal bid
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Animal drug company Zoetis has lost its bid for summary dismissal of claims that it infringed US-based animal genomics company Scidera’s bovine gene patent, with a judge saying its novel arguments were not so clear-cut and needed to be worked out at trial.