A lawsuit against Transgrid by the winning bidder for a contract to build a substation for the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub, which sought $11 million in extra costs and damages for alleged union disruptions, has been settled. The case, which was filed by contractor TEC-C in the Federal Court last week, resolved on Wednesday with…
A judge has allowed Charter Hall to respond to developer Pro-Invest’s expert evidence in a case claiming $100 million in damages for the lost opportunity to build a 26-storey hotel in the Sydney CBD.
An appeals court has declined to revive a negligence case against a solicitor accused by a former client of failing to advise him on key clauses in a rescinded $1.7 million sale contract.
A fight over legal professional privilege is looming in a case against HWL Ebsworth and a former partner by investors in projects by property developer Belmore 88.
A tribunal has ordered the EPA in Victoria to indicate what conditions it would impose on Veolia’s development application for a waste transfer station, which the regulator has opposed.
A judge has rejected a Double Bay property owner’s bid to put Chubb on the hook for any damages a builder may owe for alleged defects.
A company owned by pub baron and former KPMG partner Jon Adgemis has lost its bid to set aside a $5 million default judgment over a 2020 loan agreement.
A liquidator for the defunct developer of a controversial south Sydney apartment building has won a bid to extend the time to bring potential voidable transaction proceedings.
A solicitor for a contractor in dispute with the Commonwealth Bank has been called out by a judge for a unilateral email to chambers without CBA’s consent.
A lot has changed in Australia and the US since 2016, when Turnbull and Obama were still in power, but the same can’t be said for a negligence suit against HWL Ebsworth filed by a client that year, laments a wistful judge.