Court fight erupts over coverage for cyclone damage to lux Hamilton Island development

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Save (0) Please login to bookmark Close Username or Email Address Password Remember Me The owners of a Hamilton Island resort are facing a potentially lengthy legal battle after suing their builder and its insurer over $20 million in allegedly defective rectification works completed after Cyclone Debbie.  The villas owned by Great Barrier Reef Yacht…

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Legal fees to eat up more than half of COVID-19 class action settlement

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Legal fees will eat up more than half of a $3.5 million settlement reached in a class action over deaths at a NSW aged care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Drivas plans for add-on to Parramatta Square heritage site refused again

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Property developer Drivas has lost its court fight over plans for a nine-storey tower atop the heritage-listed Murrays Building in Parramatta’s Centenary Square.

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More charges in IBAC probe of alleged builder registration bribes

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An employee of Victoria’s building regulator is among 28 further people now facing charges over allegations builder registrations were given in exchange for bribes. 

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Class action can peek at any settlement offers to Land Rover owners

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Jaguar Land Rover can’t make an offer to settle the claims of unrepresented group members in a class action over alleged faulty filter systems until after it provides a copy of the offer to solicitors representing the class.

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