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Builtcom loses appeal in payment claim spat with developer VSD
Construction 2025-06-18 11:23 pm By Andy Sidler

An appeals court has tossed a challenge by construction firm Builtcom to an adjudication that slashed a $30 million payment claim against developer VSD Investments by $21 million, saying mere legal error was not enough.

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High Court finds CFMEU administration not an unjust acquisition of property
Construction 2025-06-18 11:54 pm By Sam Matthews

The High Court has rebuffed the CFMEU’s constitutional challenge to legislation used to facilitate its takeover by the federal government, rejecting an argument that the laws amounted to an unjust acquisition of the union’s property. 

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CityLink’s claim in toll dispute with ConnectEast time-barred, court told
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-06-18 11:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

CityLink operator CML, which was found to have overcharged Eastlink operator ConnectEast, has argued that it also overpaid and is entitled to damages, but ConnectEast has told a judge the claim is time-barred and doesn’t fall within a cross-claim exception. 

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Sharvain administrator calls for extra time after $3M win against Roberts Co
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-06-18 11:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

The deadline looms for a creditors’ meeting to decide the future of collapsed building company Sharvain Façades, but its administrator wants a court to stop the clock, concerned a vote for liquidation will thwart recovery of $3.2 million from Roberts Co.

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Buildcorp entitled to payment for variation works to Blues Point Tower: court
Construction 2025-06-17 11:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The owners of the Blues Point Tower in the Sydney harbourside suburb of McMahons Point must cough up additional payments to builder Buildcorp after it undertook remediation work on the heritage-listed tower. 

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‘On death row’: Roberts Co Victoria fights creditor’s winding up bid
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-06-17 2:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Collapsed Roberts Co Victoria will oppose a creditor’s bid for an extension in a case seeking to wind up the construction company, claiming it is “effectively on death row” and suffering reputational damage.

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Woodside faces new legal challenge to North West Shelf extension
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-06-17 11:14 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

An activist group has launched a legal challenge to Woodside’s proposed North West Shelf gas venture extension to 2070, seeking judicial review of Western Australia’s approval decision.

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$70M agreement for rezoned Mudgee greenfield site enforceable: court
Real Estate 2025-06-16 11:44 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Western Sydney developer must make good on an agreement to buy a rezoned greenfield site in regional NSW for $70 million and pay $2.2 million in interest, a judge has found. 

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Clough’s $54M cross-claim stayed in feud with JV partner over EnergyConnect project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-06-13 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has stayed engineering firm Clough’s $54 million cross-claim against its former joint venture partner on the EnergyConnect transmission project, Elecnor, saying the claim must be sent to arbitration.

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‘I’m really going to miss this’: Construction list judge’s curtain call gets a laugh
Courts 2025-06-13 11:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

Turning back to counsel on rising from the bench after an urgent hearing in a dispute between Dexus and the operator of Melbourne airport, Justice James Stevenson told them what his impending retirement would mean.

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