Liquidators of collapsed engineering company Hastie Group have brought proceedings against Hall & Wilcox, the law firm for the company’s previous liquidators.
Real estate fund manager Centuria Capital Group has sold SRG House, a three-storey office building in North Brisbane which is the current headquarters for retailer Super Retail Group, for $55.5 million.
A court has approved the construction of 669 apartments in the Western Sydney suburb of Edmonson Park after the local council initially refused the development application filed on behalf of Bathla Group.
A judge has rejected claims by a Neil Mansell unit that routine maintenance on a Sunshine Coast quarry haulage route is an “unduly onerous” condition for operating the quarry.
The federal government has pledged to invest $1 billion to build a rail link between Leppington and the new Bradfield Metro station in Sydney’s south west.
A judge has rejected a council’s attempt to slap a $435,000 levy, usually imposed to account for reductions in affordable housing, on the owners of residential property located minutes from Bondi beach.
The judge overseeing an NRL player’s case alleging he was forced to wrestle 30 teammates as punishment has expressed concerns the court was “misled” by his lawyers about efforts to procure evidence from other players.
Victorian healthcare providers facing class actions on behalf of junior doctors have turned to one law firm to lead their defence. And that firm might be about to get a lot busier.
Are group costs orders a factor in deciding a bid to transfer a class action? Can the orders survive the move to an inhospitable state? These questions are to be decided by the High Court Wednesday, in a ruling that will clarify the relevance and reach of Victoria’s contingency fee regime.