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Hall & Wilcox’s $19M bill under scrutiny by Hastie liquidators
Hall & Wilcox faces a second suit by Hastie Group's liquidators, which calls for review of nearly $19 million in costs the law firm billed for advising the failed engineering company in litigation.
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Crown drops claims against Lendlease over Metropol combustible cladding
Crown has dropped its claims against builder Lendlease over the use of combustible cladding on the façade of the Metropol in Southbank but is continuing to pursue its case against the architect and others.
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Property investment firm ISPT challenges $10M stamp duty assessment
Property investment firm ISPT has lodged a challenge to a $10 million stamp duty tax assessment for two acquisitions made in 2022.
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Clough directors can’t lift lid on Forge liquidator’s evidence for examination
Directors of engineering company Clough can't set eyes on evidence in support of a successful examination bid by Forge's liquidator, two months before trial in the liquidator's insider trading case.
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$3.7M error in Main Beach complex spat shows failure to consider evidence: court
A judge has found a $3.7 million error by an adjudicator in a dispute over a $43 million payment claim for work on an apartment complex in Queensland’s Main Beach showed a failure to properly consider the evidence and submissions.
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Ultiqa resort owners win OK to appoint trustee for property sale
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.
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Home building law enlivened by repudiation claim, WA tribunal finds
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.
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iProsperity liquidators sue developer of Ryde apartment project
The liquidators of collapsed fund manager iProsperity have filed court proceedings against the developer of an apartment project in Ryde.