Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved a $3.05 million settlement in an underpayments class action against Wilson Security brought on behalf of fly-in-fly-out security workers.

HSF Kramer has appointed four new partners in Australia with expertise in major projects, energy and infrastructure amid a boom in large-scale energy and infrastructure projects.

Sparke Helmore has hired a property lawyer with experience on major projects and her team from Moray & Agnew.

A judge has slapped payday lenders BSF, Cigno and their directors with a combined $7 million in penalties for engaging in unlicensed credit activity, finding a lower penalty was appropriate given they had relied on legal advice from Piper Alderman.

Builder Watpac has lost its bid for a separate hearing on whether a guarantee provided to the developer of Sydney's One Central Park is time-barred, with a judge saying the question should wait until $180 million in defects claims are determined.

Watpac and a consortium that includes a unit of a Chinese government-owned firm are set to compete for a tender to build the controversial Macquarie Point Stadium in Hobart.

Fletcher Building has won approval to sell its construction division to France-based VINCI Construction for NZ$315.6 million.

The start-up behind Hungry Jack's plant-based 'Rebel Whopper' has won court approval to patent a fake meat product after an opponent didn't participate in its appeal of an IP Australia ruling that held the patent lacked inventive step.

The NSW Court of Appeal has struck down a law passed in the wake of the Bondi massacre that barred protest after a terrorist incident, finding it unconstitutional.

Concrete company Barro Group is facing a class action on behalf of landowners over emissions from its Sunshine landfill in a Melbourne suburb, which has been on fire for over six years.