Litigation

A Perth construction company still owes electrical contractor Mobius full payment for work on a Rio Tinto reinjection scheme after it was duped by a fraudulent email, with a judge calling the case "a salutary reminder" of the importance of verifying bank details.

Chinese builder Yuanda has settled a lawsuit against its former director that alleged he diverted building contracts, including a project with Lendlease, to his current employer SRG Global. 

Construction materials giant Boral has pleaded guilty to interfering with Indigenous relics at a Hobart quarry.

CPB Contractors has sued its insurers for their refusal to cover $9.5 million in costs incurred fixing defective road signs on the CityLink extension in Melbourne.

The owners of Sydney’s Australia Square Tower have filed proceedings over $250,000 in damage allegedly caused by a subcontractor that flooded the iconic skyscraper's lift shaft.

A former Lander & Rogers client that was hit with a $2.9 million legal bill for work on a construction matter has taken the firm to court, calling its costs disclosures “grossly inadequate”. 

Transport for NSW has asked the High Court to weigh in on when land is acquired for a 'public purpose', in a dispute over the value of land acquired near the Western Sydney Airport.

Commercial tenants of Quest Dockland’s Bourke Street apartment complex have filed proceedings against 45 landlords, claiming their requests for rent relief during the COVID-19 pandemic were ignored. 

Real estate company Flemington Properties has won $5 million from Ausgrid in a commercial rent dispute, with a judge finding the state corporation was effectively asking the court to rewrite the parties’ agreement.

The owners of the Werribee shopping centre in Victoria have lost their bid for preliminary discovery related to the likely recovery in their $356 million claim against builder Probuild.