Christine Caulfield

The funder behind a class action against Transport for NSW over the $16 billion WestConnex project has lost another appeal in its ongoing spat with the lead applicants.

That it once had a $100,000 bank cheque is not sufficient evidence to prove a funder behind a class action over the $16 billion WestConnex tunnel can meet a costs order in a feud with the applicants, an appeals court has said.

Big Six firms Allens and Herbert Smith Freehills are the law firm heavyweights behind $750 million in platform financing for ACEN Australia's renewable energy portfolio.

In the first prosecution of its kind, a Queensland property developer has been fined $150,000 for offences relating to a project trust account under the state's security of payment laws.

Brokerage firm International Capital Markets says a class action over risky financial products must put up or shut up when it comes to claims in the case that neither applicant has standing to bring.

Building façade company Sharvain, which went under last month, owes major builders $54 million, according to a judgment pushing out the date for a creditors meeting.

An appeals court has sided with the state of Victoria on a crucial issue in its case against LU Simon Builders over alleged combustible cladding on Melbourne's Atlantis Towers.

Details of a settlement with AIG in a class action by investors in failed Linchpin reveal the insurer has paid out all of a $10 million policy and will hand over another $2.15 million in interest and costs.

Real estate investment manager Salter Brothers has resolved a spat with XL Insurance over more than $6 million in costs incurred in successfully defending itself in lawsuits by three clients.

Class actions against Hyundai and Kia say they need a third round of document discovery, two years into the cases, but a judge has said the applicants should first detail the alleged engine defects at issue.