Litigation

Timeshare owners in the Ultiqa resort in Port Macquarie, NSW have won court approval to sell the property, following complaints by members that there were no prospects of exiting the holiday scheme.

A Western Australian couple will have their dispute with Thompson Sustainable Homes heard by a tribunal, after the builder's jurisdictional objection to the operation of the Home Building Contract Act was tossed.

The liquidators of collapsed fund manager iProsperity have filed court proceedings against the developer of an apartment project in Ryde.

A judge has found the liquidators for collapsed developer Crown Group would be justified in making $500,000 in payments to related companies Quay Group and Westport, over objections from a director that he was not consulted on a solicitor's retainer.

A class action investigation alleges the Victorian branch of the CFMEU's construction division banned hundreds of members from building sites in the state.

Spanish infrastructure company Acciona has resolved proceedings over a contract for the construction of a $511 million waste-to-energy plant in Western Australia.

A judge has stayed part of a $2.1 million judgment won under the SOPA Act by a builder contracted to work on an RSL club car park in light of payments owing to a sub-contractor under the Contractors Debts Act.

Sydney homeowners bringing a class action over homes they claim are sinking into the ground have lost their bid for documents recording earthworks performed on the land before it was developed.