After more than a decade, luxury home builder Glenvill is a step closer to remediation for an asbestos clean-up at an industrial site in the Melbourne suburb of Alphington, purchased from Amcor for residential development.
Rio Tinto unit Energy Resources has lost its privilege claim over an internal investigation into the failure of one of its wellhead systems, which is at the centre of a defects claim against equipment manufacturer Cactus Wellhead.
Family-owned real estate group Coronis has successfully challenged the tax office on a $5 million alleged shortfall, with a judge finding service fees paid to two companies in the group were deductible.
A judge has refused a late-stage bid to strike out Brisbane Airport’s lawsuit against lessee AirServices Australia claiming $17.3 million in damage from PFAS contamination caused by its use of firefighting foam.
United Petroleum has successfully sued the landlords of one of its petrol stations for failing to pay for repairs to potholes described as “more like large craters”.
A recent High Court decision which found the federal government must compensate Indigenous people in the Northern Territory over past mining operations has significant implications for the government’s liability to pay up for historical acts affecting native title, but experts say the decision is unlikely to unleash a torrent of similar claims.
Another fight over an $87 million mixed-use Canberra development may be on the cards, after the project’s liquidators won approval to assign potential claims against WSP and builder Construction Control over alleged stitch bolt defects.
Construction and engineering firm Gradian Group is suing a company partially owned by two former employees, alleging it has stolen its equipment and is poaching clients and suppliers, including Boral.
Former directors of collapsed Sydney developer Dyldam have been targeted by a liquidator over claims allegedly worth at least $33 million.
Victoria’s State Revenue Office must pay the bulk of costs incurred by shopping centre landlord Vicinity in a successful challenge to $82.5 million in stamp duty slapped on land occupied by Myer and Emporium in Melbourne’s city centre.