Dymocks Book Arcade wants to join a project’s superintendent to a $4.5 million lawsuit over a defective roof at a property on the NSW North Coast.
Liquidators of collapsed developer Crown Group have brought legal action against the company’s partner in a joint venture to build a residential tower in Melbourne’s Southbank, seeking to force a sale of the property.
A judge has rejected a misleading conduct claim against a builder who professed his “passion” for building high-end homes to a client, but put the builder on the hook for over $1 million in damages for rectification works.
A judge has rescinded a permit granted for a residential development in Mount Martha, after finding that a better design could net panoramic views without wrecking the views of another house on the street.
Ex-Keystone director Paul Chiodo has won more time to file a defence to a suit by receivers over a failed transaction for the purchase of a Marriott hotel in Italy, after ASIC’s seizure of documents in a raid last month.
A contractor for a proposed $100 million country club near Perth has lost a round in a legal battle that has stalled the project, losing a bid for a freezing order against the landowner.
The valuer general has knocked arguments by developer WSTI Properties in a High Court dispute over a heritage property in Melbourne, saying the contentions are “unavailable and unsound”.
EPC Pacific is facing a fight after it got the go-ahead from Yarra City Council to build an 11-storey mixed use office building in an inner city Melbourne suburb.
A developer wants declarations that it is not on the hook for $2 million in fees related to a debt facility for a Highett apartment project that was upended by a compulsory acquisition for the Suburban Rail Loop.
Generative artificial intelligence is a game changer for the construction industry, promising better collaboration and fewer costly mistakes, but the technology also presents a host of thorny legal challenges, experts say.