Litigation

A former CFMEU organiser has told the royal commission into Victoria's Big Build that a union boss said he had a "direct line" to former Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.

The ACCC has hit back at Coles' claims that Kalgoorlie's IGA did not provide any competitive constraint, in the supermarket giant's challenge to a decision blocking the acquisition of a leasehold in the WA town.

Law firm DWF Australia will face a negligence claim over an alleged failure to join other parties to a claim over a damaged pipeline, after failing to secure a summary dismissal of the matter.

Builder Fitzgerald Constructions has sued Cement Australia and Independent Cement alleging they breached an $80 million contract to build a storage silo in Port Melbourne. 

Victorian planning minister Sonya Kilkenny will learn Wednesday whether she has prevailed in a High Court fight with IGA over the power of the state Supreme Court to hear planning disputes.

The royal commission probing Victoria's Big Build has heard that for site operators, there was no alternative but to give in to demands by the CFMEU.

The bankruptcy trustees of a former director of Sydney builder Quasar have won their bid to be joined to proceedings by the company's liquidators over money he allegedly transferred to his former wife, over her objections.

Infrastructure fund manager Dexus is adding last month's $30 million costs ruling to its appeal of a decision that found it committed an irremediable breach of APAC's shareholder deed.

Independent supermarkets should not be insulated from the effects of competition by the ACCC, Coles has told a tribunal as it challenges the watchdog's rejection of its proposed acquisition of a Kalgoorlie supermarket site.

Construction company Qanstruct has settled its case against steel fibre reinforcement manufacturer Bosfar over $55 million in alleged defects at the Port Botany Enfield intermodal logistics centre.