Litigation

A director of collapsed developer Lion Property Group is seeking to set aside a default judgment which he says would leave him on the hook for $35 million in damages.

A judge has granted a bid by Martinus Rail to stay the enforcement of a $26 million judgment in a dispute with Qube over Sydney’s $4 billion Moorebank Intermodal Terminal, saying it was a practical solution in light of the “ongoing litigious saga” between the parties.

A judge has hit the liquidators of failed construction giant Ralan with costs following an adjourned hearing, but declined to find the use of AI was cause for an adverse costs order.

The owners corporation of an apartment complex in the Sydney suburb of Burwood are suing for at least $1.3 million over alleged fire safety defects.

A judge has approved a bid by the plaintiffs in a class action over the compulsory acquisition of land for Sydney’s $16 billion WestConnex to discontinue the case, after a breakdown in their relationship with the funder. 

A judge has stayed Built's case against the state of NSW over a school project, finding a $500,000 litigation threshold in the state's standard construction contract applied to each dispute referred to an expert.

Tasmania’s electricity network operator has sued its battery supplier after terminating a supply contract four days before performance was due, alleging anticipatory breach.

A Western Australian tribunal has refused to grant developer Satterley Property Group approval for a 1,000-lot town development in Perth’s Darling Ranges, finding that the site presented bushfire risks that could not be mitigated by planning modifications. 

Coles can't file more expert evidence in its fight over the ACCC's rejection of its purchase of a leasehold interest in a Kalgoorlie site, with a tribunal finding the supermarket had a chance to respond to the ACCC's "novel" harm theory.

Two witnesses in a trial over $19.5 million in funds allegedly misappropriated in a land development joint venture will be cross-examined again after a judge recused himself from the trial after eight hearing days.