Litigation

The Australian Energy Regulator has rejected transmission company Transgrid's bid to bill customers an extra $1.2 billion in costs for its EnergyConnect project.

A unit of ASX-listed mining company Equatorial Resources has lost a bid to block its former solicitors Clifford Chance from arbitrating a $5 million costs dispute.

A director of Forte Sydney Constructions says she chased iProsperity "every day" for $6 million in unpaid construction costs for a Ryde residential project, as trial kicks off in a case by the defunct developer's liquidator.

Dexus is challenging the costs claimed by its opponents in a case over the sale of shares in Melbourne Airport operator APAC, calling out billed items that include after hours Uber Eats charges. 

An appeals court has found that a judge misapprehended the Evidence Act by saying the legal team in a dispute over $100 million in land may be complicit in obtaining evidence unlawfully, and that there was no need for the lawyers to withdraw from the case. 

A billionaire Chinese property developer who has been exiled from Australia owes nearly $30 million to an investor who sank $20 million into the Eastwood Shopping Centre, which the developer sold for $155 million in 2021.

A family-owned Mitre 10 franchisee will not be on the hook for costs if its loses a novel suit seeking to block Bunnings from opening a $36 million store next to its Jimboomba store, with a judge saying the case will provide guidance on the misuse of market power effects test.

The administrators of collapsed building company Novati Constructions have been ordered to give developer Hulak two bank guarantees worth $312,500 each, with a judge finding it would be unconscionable to withhold them. 

A judge has ruled that IG Power is not required to reimburse Genuity $24.4 million in interest charged by its parent company on a $60 million loan to rebuild the Callide power station, finding the loan was intended to be interest free. 

Chevron wants a "tight" timeline in a legal challenge related to its Gorgon liquified natural gas project, telling a judge that it's spending $40 million a month to keep staff ready for the project.