Litigation

The liquidators of the Tahmoor coal mine in NSW, formerly owned by Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance, have lost their bid to disclaim a royalties deed in favour of former owner Glencore, with a judge finding it was not an “unprofitable contract”.

China’s largest state-run conglomerate CITIC has asked the High Court to hear its appeal in mega litigation with Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy over the $12 billion Sino Iron project in Western Australia. 

Hungry Jack's has lost a spat with the owner of a site on which it operates a restaurant on the north coast of NSW, with a judge finding the rent payable by the fast food chain must account for the value of the land and the building.

The owner of Oak Tree Retirement Village has been ordered to pay compensation to a resident of its Rutherford, NSW village, following years of poor maintenance of a stormwater drain on adjacent land.

A judge has found that Heran Group unit York Property can't call on $6.4 million in bank guarantees after finding builder Tomkins has a strong prima facie case that a $17.5 million payment certificate issued under contract to build a 119-Gold Coast residential tower was not authorised.

A judge has allowed a 50 per cent fee uplift for counsel in an epic fight over lucrative tenements in the Pilbara region, but says the hourly fees of solicitors from the likes of Allens, Clayton Utz and Corrs were already well above market rate.

A court has found that the relationship between the owner and the developer behind a residential subdivision project in Onkaparinga Heights has deteriorated to such a degree that orders requiring them not to abandon the partnership would be of no help. 

NSW's ICAC will hold a public inquiry this month to probe allegations that the state branch of the Liberal Party accepted political donations from fugitive property developer Jean Nassif.

Domain has sued News Corp-owned rival REA Group over alleged misleading claims that it attracts the buyer for nine in 10 sold homes listed on the platform.

A judge has pushed off an eight-week trial in a class action on behalf of Sydney homeowners who allege their homes are sinking into the ground, after missed filing deadlines.