Litigation

A creditor of developer The Gosford has filed an appeal in a dispute over a $185 million property in Sydney, after a judge found that $48 million owed by builder Shinetec to its parent company after the developer called on a letter of credit fell within the definition of ‘secured money’.

The owners corporation of a Sydney apartment building can't run new arguments in a defects case determined last year, with a tribunal finding that while it likely had the power to reopen the case, it had not made an error warranting the move.

A head contractor has successfully challenged a Queensland Supreme Court decision, which tossed its case against a SOPA adjudication decision for a subcontractor on a building project in Southport.

A judge has rejected amendments based on "buried" documents by developer Golden Eagle Property Group, in a protracted case by the receiver of parent company GGPG. 

A QCAT ruling not to review a rectification decision because more than six and a half years had passed since completion of construction has been set aside, with the tribunal finding on review that the time limit rule was misapplied.

A director of developer Villawood has lost his bid to bring an alternative claim in his case against the company’s subsidiary alleging he is entitled to part of a property said to be worth $295 million.

Mining contractor BUMA, which was hired to provide services at the Commodore coal mine in Queensland, has come out on top in a $30 million dispute with the mine's owner, Genuity.

Perth builder Cooper & Oxley has partially succeeded in appealing an adjudicator's determination in a payment dispute related to the $16 million redevelopment of the Hamersley Public Golf Course near Perth.

Singapore-based asset manager Keppel has announced plans for a $10 billion AI data centre hub near Morwell, Victoria, after striking a deal with Lightwood Group to lease a 123-hectare site.

A court has tossed two cases centred on $5 million worth of pre-fabricated bathroom pods installed in two NSW developments, finding TQM and its related companies, which ordered the pods, did not owe supplier Buildom.