Ex-Star GC tells court she had no independent reporting obligation to board

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During trial on Monday, ASIC also accused Star’s former top lawyer of giving false evidence about alleged cash for chip transactions in junket operator Suncity’s VIP room.

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Court rejects developer Hunt’s payment claim on $25M Sydney industrial project

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Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Username or Email Address Password Remember Me A judge has rejected developer Hunt Collaborative’s claim for $232,000 for works performed before real estate investor RWC Brookvale Investments switched builders on a $25.75 million corporate industrial project. Bettar Holdings, trading as Hunt Collaborative, sought to recover the sum under…

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Judge shoots down Crown Group director’s objection to $500,000 payments

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A judge has found the liquidators for collapsed developer Crown Group would be justified in making $500,000 in payments to related companies Quay Group and Westport, over objections from a director that he was not consulted on a solicitor’s retainer.

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CFMEU accused in potential case of blacklisting members from construction sites

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A class action investigation alleges the Victorian branch of the CFMEU’s construction division banned hundreds of members from building sites in the state.

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ExxonMobil, Woodside approve final investment for Victorian natural gas project

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ExxonMobil Australia and Woodside Energy have approved a final investment for a project to drill new wells offshore in Victoria’s Gippsland Basin.

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Mitsubishi wins bid to shield fuel consumption probe from class action

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A judge has accepted Mitsubishi’s argument that an investigation into the fuel consumption of its Triton cars is protected by litigation privilege and should not be handed over to a class action.

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High Court must solve honest concurrent user ‘conundrum’, Cantarella says in ‘Oro’ appeal

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Vittoria Cantarella has taken the fight to revive its ‘Oro’ trade marks to the High Court, arguing the Full Court should have found it was an honest concurrent user of the marks, which were first used by another coffee maker.

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Barrister’s counsel to be paid amid fight with solicitor in cavoodle case

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Counsel who appeared for barrister Gina Edwards during her successful defamation trial against Nine will be paid over $668,000 amid a fight with her solicitors over fees.

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