Litigation

A judge has refused to stay a lease dispute between landlord Dexus and South Australia's premium medical research centre in favour of a contractual dispute resolution mechanism, saying it would be “unjust” to deprive Dexus of a court hearing.

Collapsed Sydney developer Dyldam has denied wrongdoing in a lawsuit alleging members of the Fayad family used $74 million in sale proceeds for personal benefit and sought to conceal that fact from business partners.

Lendlease has told a court that documents relied on by an ex-Greenwoods and Herbert Smith Freehills partner in his case contain privileged legal advice and without prejudice communications with the Australian Tax Office.

A federal competition claim by the owner of a lot in the Merrifield Business Park masterplanned community over a restrictive covenant preventing it from leasing the land will be decided by a state court.

Melbourne developer Dahua has filed proceedings against a furniture company claiming it is owed $3.4 million in unpaid invoices and development fees for a luxury residential development in Hawthorn. 

Watpac faces a lawsuit by Wyndham City Council over alleged leaks from the roof of the redesigned Werribee Sports and Fitness Centre, which it says cost $3.5 million to fix.

AGL has sued Siemens for damages stemming from a generator outage at its coal-fired power station in Victoria's LaTrobe Valley, which the energy company said at the time had resulted in a $70 million profit hit.

An interim payment claim under Queensland's SOP Act must include claims related to work carried out within the preceding six months, a judge has found.

An injured construction worker has failed in his plea to the High Court to weigh in on his case, which alleged a principal contractor owed a duty of care to him as a sub-contractor's employee.

The NSW Land and Environment Court has granted approval for the development of three fast food outlets on a block off the Central Coast Highway in the heritage listed suburb of Kariong, despite objections from locals.