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One Central Park apartment owners sue Frasers over planter boxes
Construction 2025-02-26 4:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Apartment owners at Sydney’s $2 billion One Central Park have sued Frasers Property over 1,750 planter boxes they say are detaching from the two towers and contain combustible material.

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NAB pays $20M to settle class action over Walton Construction collapse
Construction 2025-02-26 11:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

NAB has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a class action over the collapse of Melbourne-based builder Walton Construction. 

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Meriton’s bid for security in $123M defects suit fails
Construction 2025-02-26 10:47 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has declined Meriton’s bid for $2.4 million in security in a lawsuit over alleged systemic defects at the Alcove apartment development in Sydney’s North Shore.

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End to fights over Callide power station may be in sight, administrators say
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-02-26 11:08 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The administrators for the operator of the Callide power station have won extra time to convene a second creditors meeting after the court heard they may soon be able to put to rest a series of complex disputes over the Queensland power station.

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Mulpha’s subcontractors on Mulgoa Rise development may be dragged into case
Article 2025-02-26 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

Luxury developer Mulpha says a class action’s negligence allegations over the Mulgoa Rise development in Glenmore Park, NSW might warrant cross-claims against subcontractors.

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HWL Ebsworth, ex-partner lose round in clients’ case over Belmore development
Construction 2025-02-25 4:19 pm By Cindy Cameronne

HWL Ebsworth has lost a discovery spat in a case by clients who allege the firm and one of its former partners are liable for “lost money” in connection with property developer Belmore 88. 

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NCAT ruling on Raysons defects claim amounted to ‘nonsense’: judge
Construction 2025-02-25 11:56 pm By Andy Sidler

A Meadowbank owners corporation has won an appeal in its fight with builder Raysons over defects, with a judge saying an appeals tribunal failed to correct a decision so “replete with typographical errors” that it amounted to “nonsense”.

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Lendlease lobs $30M suit over ‘corroding’ racks for DoD solar farms
Article 2025-02-24 11:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Lendlease is locked in a $30 million court battle with a solar mounting provider that allegedly provided shoddy racks for two Department of Defence solar farms.

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Satterley Property’s masterplanned Perth development poses bushfire risk, group claims
Construction 2025-02-24 11:52 pm By Andy Sidler

A Perth advocacy group and a local council can make submissions on bushfire risks at a hearing for the approval of a controversial Stoneville development by major Perth developer Satterley, which is set to double the town’s population.

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High Court asked to weigh if principal builder owes duty to subcontractor’s employee
Construction 2025-02-21 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

An injured construction worker is challenging the dismissal of his case against the principal contractor on a Brisbane building site, saying it owed a duty of care to him as a sub-contractor’s employee.

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