Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has declined to grant special leave to a prefab home builder that was hit with $500,000 in damages for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct by convincing a couple to vary their contract to allow the use of cladding they had previously rejected.

The High Court has agreed to weigh in on a case that argues Bitcoin is not property capable of being possessed.

One of the firms that secured a record $230 million settlement in a class action on behalf of NSW doctors is still on the case, firing off a class action against Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital for allegedly underpaying junior doctors.

Sarah Court has been appointed as the first female chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in the regulator's 35-year history.

Nine has lost its bid for a 50-year suppression order over the details of a settlement reached with Ben Roberts-Smith's former mistress, with a judge finding it would be useless given the settlement has already been covered in the media.

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.

Lendlease has appointed a new CEO for development, as the company looks to lock down $10 billion in new projects by the end of the financial year.

A banking and finance partner who has advised on major infrastructure projects like Melbourne's Marvel Stadium has made the leap to Thomson Geer from Hamilton Locke. 

Centuria Capital has scooped up a Chadstone shopping centre anchored by Bunnings, the Good Guys and JB Hi-Fi for $86 million. 

A creditor of developer The Gosford has filed an appeal in a dispute over a $185 million property in Sydney, after a judge found that $48 million owed by builder Shinetec to its parent company after the developer called on a letter of credit fell within the definition of ‘secured money’.