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PE firm on hook for $12.5M in dispute over copper mine share sale
Contracts 2025-03-21 11:32 pm By Sam Matthews

Private equity firm EMR Capital has been ordered to pay $12.5 million under a controversial share sales agreement for a Queensland copper mine.

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McCabes solicitor can act against former friend, court says
Construction 2025-03-21 11:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has dismissed an application to restrain a Sydney solicitor from acting against his former friend in a dispute over a $3.25 million settlement deed in a dispute over their development business. 

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Hall & Wilcox’s $19M bill under scrutiny by Hastie liquidators
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-03-20 11:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

Hall & Wilcox faces a second suit by Hastie Group’s liquidators, which calls for review of nearly $19 million in costs the law firm billed for advising the failed engineering company in litigation.

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Crown drops claims against Lendlease over Metropol combustible cladding
Construction 2025-03-20 11:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

Crown has dropped its claims against builder Lendlease over the use of combustible cladding on the façade of the Metropol in Southbank but is continuing to pursue its case against the architect and others.

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Property investment firm ISPT challenges $10M stamp duty assessment
Tax 2025-03-20 11:37 pm By Andy Sidler

Property investment firm ISPT has lodged a challenge to a $10 million stamp duty tax assessment for two acquisitions made in 2022.

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Clough directors can’t lift lid on Forge liquidator’s evidence for examination
Construction 2025-03-20 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

Directors of engineering company Clough can’t set eyes on evidence in support of a successful examination bid by Forge’s liquidator, two months before trial in the liquidator’s insider trading case.

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$3.7M error in Main Beach complex spat shows failure to consider evidence: court
Construction 2025-03-19 2:58 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has found a $3.7 million error by an adjudicator in a dispute over a $43 million payment claim for work on an apartment complex in Queensland’s Main Beach showed a failure to properly consider the evidence and submissions.

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Ultiqa resort owners win OK to appoint trustee for property sale
Real Estate 2025-03-19 11:13 pm By Christine Caulfield

Timeshare owners in the Ultiqa resort in Port Macquarie, NSW have won court approval to sell the property, following complaints by members that there were no prospects of exiting the holiday scheme.

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Home building law enlivened by repudiation claim, WA tribunal finds
Construction 2025-03-19 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

A Western Australian couple will have their dispute with Thompson Sustainable Homes heard by a tribunal, after the builder’s jurisdictional objection to the operation of the Home Building Contract Act was tossed.

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Melbourne builder Buildqa hit with criminal charges
Construction 2025-03-19 4:43 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Victorian Building Authority has filed criminal charges against Melbourne builder Buildqa for allegedly exceeding its building permit for two three-storey townhouses and garages and failing to comply with a stop work order. The VBA alleges Buildqa and its sole company officer Nicholas Artusa contravened the Building Act by carrying on work without a permit…

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