Litigation

The NSW Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal launched by a Canberra warehouse owner, which sought over $5.3 million from the previous owner for the cost of replacing a concrete slab.

A court has ordered Queensland builder ADLU to provide security in its dispute with engineering contractor Ertech, finding that its self-imposed "hibernation" disguised a practical impecuniosity.

ADCO Constructions did not agree to guarantee work done by its subsidiary on the Kew Recreation Centre, a court has found, limiting Boroondara City Council’s options following a roof collapse. 

Fletcher Building Group unit Iplex has lost its bid to save its parent company from being joined to a case brought by builder J-Corp over allegedly defective pipes.

A developer has failed to revive its $400 million lawsuit against an investor over a development at the site of the former Pentridge Prison in Victoria, with an appeals court agreeing the case was properly dismissed. 

The developer of an apartment complex in Melbourne's east can retain a $883,000 deposit from convicted fraudster Demetrios 'James' Charisiou's real estate investment firm, which was found to have repudiated a contract over email.

United Petroleum is locked in a dispute with VicRoads over the agency’s management of contamination at two service stations leased by UP along the Westgate Freeway. 

A court has granted an application for a development that will demolish part of a former Commonwealth Bank building in Sydney's inner west to construct a co-living building.

CIP Group can subpoena Queensland Police, with a judge finding the timing of an ex-business partner's complaints to police may be material to a change of tack in CIP's $30 million suit over a residential development.

Solar developer Green Gold Energy has lost its bid to bifurcate an upcoming trial in its case accusing competitor Trina Solar of misusing its confidential information, with a judge citing the risks of a retrial.