Construction company fights new creditor on winding up application

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Collapsed Roberts Co Victoria is fighting a bid by a creditor it says should not be allowed to “come out of the woodwork” and take over the winding up application of a company that has since been deregistered.

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Judge grills lawyer about lengthy delays in $1.2M Park Vue litigation

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A Federal Court judge has grilled a lawyer representing an investor that is suing the developers of a Melbourne apartment block over his client’s failure to file evidence for 18 months.

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GM loses bid to strike out Holden transmission defects class action

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GM can’t strike out a class action over alleged faulty transmissions in Holden cars, with a judge saying the case doesn’t need to identify the “precise mechanical, metallurgical or engineering explanation” for alleged defects.

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Setka hits back at FWO case over alleged coercion of AFL

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Former CFMEU figure John Setka has denied the workplace watchdog’s claims that he tried to coerce the AFL into sacking its head umpire over his previous role at the Australian Building and Construction Commission, saying the union had a legitimate political interest in polemicising against an “anti-unionist” officiating “a working man’s sport”.

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$750M climate class action against Murray Darling Basin Authority heads to trial

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A long-running class action against the Murray Darling Basin Authority over alleged negligent water management, including the failure to consider the impacts of climate change, will head to trial next month, just weeks after the court issues judgment in another closely watched climate class action. 

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Acciona, AECOM added to Hunter Valley bus crash class action

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Builder Acciona and consultant AECOM have been named as defendants in a class action on behalf of families of victims of a bus accident in Hunter Valley, NSW, facing allegations they were responsible for the construction and certification of the interchange where it occurred. 

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‘Corporate puffery’: Enviro group attacks Woodside plan for $16.5B Scarborough project

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Environmental group Doctors for the Environment has slammed Woodside claim that its $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project will have a “de minimus” environmental impact and argues the company’s plan does not allow the regulator to assess its real impact. 

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