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High Court asked to find mortgage was unreasonable director-related transaction
Appeals 2025-05-29 11:43 pm By Andy Sidler

The liquidators of a company created to invest in a $2.2 million Adelaide property have asked the High Court to reinstate a judgment that found a mortgage that sent the company into liquidation was an unreasonable director-related transaction and could be voided. 

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3A can’t duck cross-claim over cladding at Botany Bay towers
Construction 2025-05-28 11:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Cladding maker 3A Composites has lost its bid to set aside a cross-claim in a suit against the builder of the Tempo residential towers in Botany Bay over allegedly flammable aluminium composite panels.

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‘Extremely inconvenient’: Court unhappy with arbitration push in EnergyConnect project spat
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-05-28 11:52 pm By Sam Matthews

In a court fight between engineering firm Clough and its former joint venture partner Elecnor, a judge has questioned Elecnor’s “extremely inconvenient” bid to send Clough’s $54 million cross-claim to arbitration in Singapore.

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Developer wins appeal over deal for NDIS housing
Appeals 2025-05-27 11:34 pm By Sam Matthews

Developer Thousand Hills Property has won an appeal in its fight with LBA Capital over a scuttled property deal for NDIS housing, with an appeals court accepting that LBA repudiated the deal in an email sent by its former director.

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CSR prevails in appeal over works at $408M Horsley Park industrial development
Real Estate 2025-05-26 11:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

CSR Building Products has won a legal challenge over a development application at its 52-hectare industrial estate in western Sydney, which has generated sale proceeds of over $408 million to date. 

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Northern Iron administrators win extra six months to maximise sales process
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-05-26 11:02 am By Andy Sidler

The administrators of a Northern Territory iron ore company have won extra time to hold a second creditors meeting in hopes of securing a deed of company arrangement, despite protests from creditor Aurizon.

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IFM Investors to play ‘active’ role in Dexus, APAC row over shares, court told
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-05-23 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

Global asset manager IFM Investors has hired a leading silk in a court battle with real estate and infrastructure manager Dexus, to assert its sizeable interest in the company that operates Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport.

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Qube, developer lose $20M claim against Defence over contaminated land
Construction 2025-05-23 11:59 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Qube unit and a developer have lost their $20 million claim alleging the Department of Defence failed to properly address asbestos contamination on leased land which was redeveloped into a terminal facility in Moorebank. 

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Builtcom says court’s ruling ‘disables’ progress payments on Sydney project
Appeals 2025-05-23 11:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

Challenging an $8.5 million adjudication on a payment claim that sought over $30 million from developer VSD Investments, construction company Builtcom says it is effectively “disabled” from recovery of progress payments.

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Legal action filed over Woodside’s North West Shelf extension bid
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-05-23 11:55 pm By Christine Caulfield

Woodside’s bid to extend its North West Shelf gas project by 40 years faces more resistance after Greenpeace’s challenge was denied, this time through court action seeking protection of culturally significant rock art.

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