Insurer Liberty Mutual has argued that CPB Contractors and John Holland’s $150 million in claims in relation to Sydney’s North West Rail project are largely out of time, in a lawsuit alleging the insurer breached its duty of good faith.
Property giant Frasers has expanded its capital partnership with Morgan Stanley to include a portfolio of $500 million in warehouse assets in NSW, Victoria and Queensland, bringing their partnership to over $1 billion in assets.
Liquidators for companies in the Dyldam Group have won an extension until early 2027 for further investigation of the defunct developer.
Engineering firm WSP has secured a stay of a new suit by Canberra builder Morris Construction alleging it should be on the hook for engineering and design failures by a subsidiary over a troubled Kingston development.
A judge has made contempt findings against a real estate agent who attached discovered documents to emails that railed against alleged collusion between a local council and the EPA, but stopped short of finding he intimidated witnesses in a spat over a Ballarat development.
Clyde & Co has boosted its corporate insurance and commercial offering by luring a partner from Gilchrist Connell.
A judge has adjourned a hearing seeking approval of a $37.35 million settlement in a shareholder class action against EML Payments over concerns about the exclusion of late registrants and claims.
The NSW government is planning to appeal a ruling that ordered it to pay $93,000 in damages to the lead plaintiff in a class action over police strip search at music festivals.
The publisher of the Herald Sun has filed a strike-out application against novel privacy claims by the wife of Victorian Liberals’ deputy leader Sam Groth, saying it was exempt as a news outlet.
A court has slapped a 14-year jail term on Perth businessman Chris Marco, after a jury found him guilty of 43 charges connected to a $34 million fraud on investors.
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