Litigation

Construction company Built has failed in its challenge to an application by job recruitment platform Built In for registration of trade marks 'Built in Australia' and 'Built in Sydney'. 

In the first climate change case to reach its doors, the High Court has been urged to reject Mach Energy’s “strict approach” to considering the local impacts of its Mount Pleasant coal mine extension under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act.

Evidentiary disputes brewing in a $55 million defects case over the Port Botany Enfield Intermodal Logistics Centre will be closely managed by the court, which has heard that the costs could surpass the value of the claims. 

Former CFMEU Victorian secretary John Setka has reached an agreement with the Fair Work Ombudsman in proceedings alleging he tried to coerce the AFL to sack an umpire over his previous role at the Australian Building and Construction Commission.

Queensland developer Azure has partially won a security of payment spat, with a judge finding an adjudicator erred in finding it owes $1.7 million to a contractor for works on a luxury apartment building.

The High Court of Australia will hear the appeal of a failed class action over the planned demolition of inner-city public housing towers in Melbourne, which will involve consideration of the right to remain in settled social communities.

A lawsuit by construction company McMahon Services against South Australia's Minister for Infrastructure and Transport over upgrades to two SeaLink ferry wharfs has been stayed, with a court finding the builder should be held to its contractual bargain.

A judge has permanently stayed a suit against developer Stennson over a Caulfield North residential development after finding the developer would suffer prejudice because the builder on the project was not a party in the case.

A funder bankrolling proceedings over the compulsory acquisition of land for the Westconnex road project in Sydney has lost its bid to revive a lawsuit against the plaintiffs, with an appeals court saying it was a “classic example of abuse of process”.

The developer pf Sydney's Crowne Plaza Hotel has won its spat with the owners of the adjoining Bathurst 60 apartment complex over an annual general meeting, with a court finding the 2025 meeting was validly convened.