John Gorton Developments has been ordered to pay $1 million into court amid a spat with Chase Construction, with a judge noting building policy objectives favoured a ‘pay now, fight later’ system.
Building company Icon is fighting developer Citta’s application to vacate the hearing of its claim to $1.2 million for consulting work on a Victorian state project, rejecting the developer’s claim it was ambushed by a new defence.
Class action members who purchased off-the-plan homes in the Clydesdale Estate in north-west Sydney have won a dispute with the liquidator for the collapsed developer.
Civil construction company Hynash has lost an appeal bid after a judgment put it on the hook for the full sum of a payment claim lodged by a subcontractor following the termination of a contract linked to a Bathurst, NSW project.
Owners at the Alcove development in Sydney’s North Shore have been given the green light to expand their case against the Meriton-owned builders to claim $123 million in damages for alleged systemic defects.
Property developer Mirvac has won a $220,000 dispute against designer outlet store Estro over unpaid licence fees and charges under a commercial lease for a store at Sydney’s Birkenhead Point.
Gas giants Esso and Woodside have won their bid to stay a court case related to a project for extracting hydrocarbons in the Bass Strait, with a judge finding the court should apply a ‘light touch’ when interpreting arbitration agreements.
The development management company behind the $2.7 billion STH BNK project, which was placed in administration last week, owes creditors — including lawyers, consultants and designers — over $100 million.
The developer of a suite of Holiday Inn Express hotels has succeeded in its appeal of a ruling that laid bare privileged material connected to its lawyers’ bills.
Lendlease has resolved its challenge to a valuation for the site of its $3.1 billion luxury development One Circular Quay, located between the Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House.