Litigation

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. 

Liquidators of collapsed builder Privium have won extra time to pursue potential proceedings over a number of suspicious transactions, which include unexplained payments to companies associated with a director.

Administrators of construction company Roberts Co Victoria, which owes $272 million to 470 creditors, are justified in treating funds as if held on trust for subcontractors on six projects in Melbourne, a judge has found.

Deakin University is suing builder Hanson Yuncken seeking $14.3 million for alleged defects on a building at its Burwood campus.

A judge has vacated a hearing in Energy Resources' lawsuit challenging a decision not to renew its lease for the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory after hearing there were "good prospects" the case could be resolved. 

Collapsed clothing brand Jeanswest has nearly $26 million in lease liabilities on stores nationwide, but buyers may bite, administrators have told the Federal Court.