Litigation

The developers of the Aspen and Establishment luxury residential projects in Canberra have lobbed a cross-claim alleging builder Geocon owes them up to $12.9 million in delay damages.

A Canberra builder has failed to set aside a $918,000 decision in favour of the contractor that performed earthworks on the 10-storey Garema Place Hotel, with a judge finding the builder’s payment schedule was not validly served. 

Labor politicians Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, and his son Moses Obeid have lost their High Court challenges to their convictions for a conspiracy to rig a mining exploration tender.

Probuild is fighting legal professional privilege claims by the co-owners of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre in Victoria, who have brought a $356 million defects case against the collapsed builder. 

Martinus Rail's lawyers can't get an boost in their fees despite winning a fight against grain supply chain Co-Operative Bulk Handling over a $23 million payment claim for the construction of a rail siding.

The National Native Title Tribunal has partially granted a mineral lease to Australian Ilmenite Resources, finding the critical minerals producer's plans to expand ilmenite mining within one area in the Northern Territory was in the public interest.

A First Nations elder has defeated a developer's appeal against a local council's decision to reject plans for a $30 million housing estate in Lismore, with a court agreeing the development would adversely impact Aboriginal cultural heritage.

A judge has thrown out a breach of contract case against MercyCare over the purchase of Belrose Care and its Perth properties, finding the aged care provider complied with a deferred payment clause in their deal.

A funder that unsuccessfully sued the plaintiffs to recover funds advanced for a lawsuit against Transport for NSW over the compulsory acquisition of land for the WestConnex highway project has lodged an appeal.

Lawsuits against a Chinese real estate investor and his mother involving transactions linked to Sam Fayad's Dyldam Group have been paused pending criminal proceedings against the pair in Hong Kong.