Monarch Building Solutions has lost its bid to strike out waterproofing contractor PJG Frawley Construction’s claim for payment for work allegedly completed on a community-led project to replace buildings destroyed in bushfires in Cobargo.
Alinta Energy has won an appeal against a mining warden’s decision to refuse an extension to lodge objections against Pilbara Energy’s licence application for a renewable energy project.
The Prime Minister has appointed former High Court Justice Virginia Bell to lead a royal commission into antisemitism in the wake of the Bondi terrorist attack, in which 15 were killed during Hanukkah celebrations.
A Federal Court suit by HR company Employment Hero accusing investor and rival Seek of misusing its market power has been resolved.
The purchaser of the site of the 108-room hotel Continental Hotel Sorrento has sued a consortium that rescued the development after it hit financial troubles, claiming it was excluded from the final stages of the receivership.
More than four years after the roof of the Kew Recreation Centre in Melbourne’s east collapsed, builder ADCO has filed a suit seeking millions in damages from the local council, alleging it provided a defective design which made collapse “inevitable”.
Otsuka Pharmaceuticals has asked the High Court to overturn a decision revoking its Abilify patent extension, saying the ruling, which limited the extension-of term scheme to active substances only, will “lead to a groundswell of court proceedings”.
A judge has ordered the lead applicant in a failed class action against Queensland utilities Stanwell and CS Energy, which was slated to be worth $1 billion, to pay $32.4 million in costs.
King & Wood Mallesons has lost a seasoned M&A partner with expertise in real estate and infrastructure deals to Gilbert + Tobin.
The developer of a luxury apartment complex in Sydney’s CBD has fended off a stay application in a spat with the owners corporation, with a judge finding that it was not precluded from resolving their dispute through the courts.
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