Sam Matthews

UK Infrastructure consultancy business Amey is returning to Australian shores after acquiring local consultancy Premise.

A judge has approved an $87 million settlement in a class action against Hino Motors, but says he needs to hear from a contradictor before greenlighting a law firm's 25 per cent contingency fee.

The Finance Sector Union has taken Commonwealth Bank to the Fair Work Commission over the alleged "sham redundancy” of over 100 positions it says are being offshored to India in breach of an enterprise agreement.

Whitehaven Coal, which is locked in a fight with two conservation groups over the Winchester South coal mine in Queensland, has fought off an application for disclosure of internal climate risk documents created by a related entity.

The legal watchdog’s latest case against the owners of a Melbourne law firm -- part of countless "collateral" proceedings between the parties -- should be fixed for a final hearing ASAP, a judge has said.

Lendlease has announced its plan for a luxury apartment complex in Sydney, expected to reach an end value of $2.5 billion, after securing land overlooking Hyde Park.

Following a $750 million float earlier this month, luxury retirement resort operator GemLife Communities has completed the first stage of a planned $270 million acquisition of land lease company Aliria's development portfolio.

A Victorian construction company is fighting a bid by a creditor it says should not be allowed to “come out of the woodwork” and take over the winding up application of a company that has since been deregistered.

Former CFMEU figure John Setka has denied the workplace watchdog’s claims that he tried to coerce the AFL into sacking its head umpire over his previous role at the Australian Building and Construction Commission, saying the union had a legitimate political interest in polemicising against an “anti-unionist” officiating “a working man’s sport”.

Atlantic will have to pay its dues to a local council in Western Australia, where it operates a $700 million mining project, with a court rejecting arguments that would allow mining companies to avoid paying rates on land that may produce “considerable profits”.