The NSW Land and Environment Court has signed off on a land valuation agreed to between real estate investment manager Investa and the Valuer General for the site of the Coca-Cola Place tower in North Sydney.
A judge has found that Victoria’s SOP Act is not at odds with the Australian Consumer Law, refusing to set aside a $1.85 million adjudication determination in a dispute over a $38 million contract for a Glen Iris residential development.
Liquidators of the ABD Group of construction companies have won a brief reprieve from the three-year limitation period to launch voidable transaction cases worth up to $23.2 million.
A NSW Supreme Court judge has stayed civil proceedings relating to asbestos-contaminated mulch found in parks across Sydney amid ongoing criminal proceedings.
The liquidators for defunct Perth builder Modco Residential have won court approval to bring claims for unfair preferences and unreasonable director-related transactions against multiple defendants in one “mothership” case.
A judge has rejected Parkview Constructions’ bid to tweak its cross-claims in a lawsuit over alleged combustible cladding at the Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park.
AkzoNobel has had some success in its late bid to have Japanese oil company INPEX produce documents filed in related proceedings against its insurers in their dispute over allegedly defective coating used on the $45 billion Ichthys natural gas project.
The New South Wales Supreme Court of Appeal has clarified that payment claims and adjudication notices sent via email can constitute service and trigger relevant limitation periods under the Security of Payment Act.
A settlement has been reached in a class action on behalf of people who purchased off-the-plan homes in the Clydesdale Estate in north-west Sydney.
West Gate Tunnel builders CPB Contractors and John Holland say engineer Aurecon Australasia should be on the hook for $359 million in damages for alleged design errors in Victoria’s West Tunnel project, a court has heard.