Collapsed Roberts Co Victoria is fighting a bid by a creditor it says should not be allowed to “come out of the woodwork” and take over the winding up application of a company that has since been deregistered.
A Federal Court judge has grilled a lawyer representing an investor that is suing the developers of a Melbourne apartment block over his client’s failure to file evidence for 18 months.
Environmental group Doctors for the Environment has slammed Woodside claim that its $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project will have a “de minimus” environmental impact and argues the company’s plan does not allow the regulator to assess its real impact.
The prospective developer of the Hyde Park Inn in Sydney has dropped its appeal of a decision which disallowed it from delaying a $95 million payment to the NSW Returned Service League.
A judge has given a liquidator approval to continue with claims at trial against former executives of failed Sydney developer Dyldam after they declared bankruptcy.
Receivers of the $500 million East Rockingham waste-to-energy project will have until the end of September to hash out a plan to maximise creditor returns, as Acciona’s wait for approval of its bid to acquire the plant continues.
Atlantic will have to pay its dues to a local council in Western Australia, where it operates a $700 million mining project, with a court rejecting arguments that would allow mining companies to avoid paying rates on land that may produce “considerable profits”.
A class action on behalf of families of victims of a bus accident in Hunter Valley, NSW has won court approval to add builder Acciona and consultant AECOM as defendants, claiming they were responsible for the construction and certification of the interchange where the tragedy occurred.
In a new suit against the developer of an abandoned $185 million project in Sydney, Shinetec has asked the court to declare its priority interest in a $48 million payment recently paid to the developer by Bank of China.
A court has described a plan to demolish a 32-room boarding house for the construction of four luxury residences in Paddington as an “unacceptable loss” of affordable housing in inner-city Sydney.