Litigation

Bathla's administrators have secured court orders extending their control of the failed Sydney developer for 12 months, saying it will allow more time to complete projects under construction.

A court has ruled for insurer SICorp in a dispute over a development in Sydney's Rosehill, finding the family group who owned the property should be considered developers under an exemption in the insurer's policy. 

A judge has granted interim freezing orders against Star Investment Group Australia and its director after finding reasonable grounds to suspect it misled investors while promoting a development scheme in regional Victoria.

A judge has agreed to recuse himself from hearing a contempt case against a director of property developer Villawood after finding last year he gave false instructions to a Mills Oakley lawyer to mislead the court.

A judge has found the site of the Boroondara Tennis Centre in Melbourne should be valued at $50 million after it was compulsorily acquired for the North East Link project.

Melbourne builder Cobolt Constructions has sued over a SOPA ruling that blocked it from recovering $735,000 for works at a social housing development in Brunswick because its payment claim was served one day late.

The ACCC has hit back at Coles’ challenge to the regulator’s rejection of its Kalgoorlie, WA land acquisition, slamming as too narrow the competition test advanced by the supermarket giant.

A judge has ruled that reality television personality Venous Behbahani-Clark was not validly gifted a $2 million Toorak home by her sister and the sister's ex-husband Alex Waislitz, resolving proceedings the judge called lengthy and disproportionate.

Property developer Villawood has argued that a company incorporated to manage a project in regional Victoria can't withdraw admissions over an alleged fraudulent scheme by a former director to divert management fees. 

An environmental group has lost its bid to stop slashing works at a development site at Brunswick Heads, after a judge tossed its lawsuit seeking to block the 123-lot residential development.