Litigation

A developer has failed to revive its $400 million lawsuit against an investor over a development at the site of the former Pentridge Prison in Victoria, with an appeals court agreeing the case was properly dismissed. 

ADCO Constructions did not agree to guarantee work done by its subsidiary on the Kew Recreation Centre, a court has found, limiting Boroondara City Council’s options following a roof collapse. 

United Petroleum is locked in a dispute with VicRoads over the agency’s management of contamination at two service stations leased by UP along the Westgate Freeway. 

A court has granted an application for a development that will demolish part of a former Commonwealth Bank building in Sydney's inner west to construct a co-living building.

The developer of an apartment complex in Melbourne's east can retain a $883,000 deposit from convicted fraudster Demetrios 'James' Charisiou's real estate investment firm, which was found to have repudiated a contract over email.

IG Energy and former subsidiary IG Power -- now owned by Czech investment firm Sev.en -- are fighting over a $3.5 million surplus from the administration of IG's interest in the Callide Power Station in Queensland.

CIP Group can subpoena Queensland Police, with a judge finding the timing of an ex-business partner's complaints to police may be material to a change of tack in CIP's $30 million suit over a residential development.

Solar developer Green Gold Energy has lost its bid to bifurcate an upcoming trial in its case accusing competitor Trina Solar of misusing its confidential information, with a judge citing the risks of a retrial. 

Retirement village operator Lifestyle Communities will offer a new fee model to existing homeowners following an appeal of a ruling in July that its exit fees were unenforceable.

York Property has lost an appeal in a dispute with builder Tomkins over a payment claim for work on a Gold Coast high-rise, with the appeals court declining to set aside an adjudicator's decision that was later cut down to $12.7 million.