A United Nations special rapporteur has sought to intervene in three Federal Court cases opposing the federal environment minister’s decision to approve gas giant Woodside’s North West Shelf extension.
A judge has refused to make a personal costs order against the former lawyers for a Canberra developer who sued two owners corporations for trespass and was lumped with costs after the trial was adjourned.
Australia’s five-year major infrastructure pipeline has skyrocketed to $242 billion, according to a report from the government’s infrastructure advisor which warns shortages in labour and low construction productivity could put projects at risk.
The director of collapsed Shangri-La Construction is personally liable for the $3.2 million in costs of rectification work on external cladding at an apartment complex in southeast Melbourne, a judge has found.
Hong Kong’s Link REIT has reportedly made an offer for a half interest in several shopping centres in Lendlease’s retail property fund.
Mirvac is selling the site of the Toombul Shopping Centre in Queensland, which was demolished following the 2022 floods, to local developer Irvine Property Group.
Ashurst has nabbed an internationally recognised infrastructure expert from Deloitte to lead Ashurst Risk Advisory’s infrastructure and energy transition team.
Russia has lost its High Court challenge to the federal government’s decision to terminate its lease on a site where it intended to build a new embassy in Canberra, but the court found the Commonwealth must pay the country reasonable compensation.
John Holland and the CFMEU have voluntarily nixed agreements requiring the construction company to use certain labour hire businesses on two major projects in NSW, after the ACCC raised competition concerns.
After selling his $26 million Rose Bay mansion to AsheMorgan principal Michael Rothner in 2023, options trader David Waterhouse has levied allegations of “deliberate bad faith conduct”, on the first day of trial in a case over the mysterious removal of trees on a neighbouring property.