Litigation

A Queensland construction company that bought land following its resumption by a state government agency is not entitled to be compensated for the land grab, a court has found.

Environmental activists seeking to block Tamboran’s gas exploration project in the Northern Territory have criticised the natural gas company's water contamination risk assessment, telling a court it was based on a “gut feeling”.

The Port Authority of NSW has won its claim for public interest immunity over six cabinet documents in a suit by a defunct sand importer over a lease agreement for a mulit-user facility at Glebe Island, with a judge finding they had little forensic value.

GFG unit Whyalla Ports has won its bid to rub out some expert evidence put forward by OneSteel about the costs of dismantling and removing assets from the site in their dispute over control of the assets at the South Australian port.

A judge has declined to order security in developer Gilridge Investments’ payment claim fight with Diamond Builders over a $5.3 million apartment project, saying the builder failed to show the penniless developer would not be able to cover its costs after completing the troubled project.

The CEO of embattled Melbourne builder Vansan Construction is fighting a $2 million default judgment for SK Developments, saying he was given no opportunity to defend himself.

Commercial property fund Elanor Funds Management has hit back at "factually incorrect" claims made by Lederer Group as part of a $285 million takeover bid.

Port of Newcastle has failed in its bid for declarations following its defeat of of Glencore Coal's case over wharfage fees, despite arguing further disputes could be avoided. 

A court has ordered a stay of proceedings in a Melbourne property dispute, saying whether it could hear the case "better" than VCAT, as alleged by builder Brocon, was not the point.

Law firm HWL Ebsworth, which was found liable for negligence over advice on a Parramatta land development, has lost its opposition to a referee process for calculating damages.