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Opal Tower engineer wins class action costs from Icon insurers
Class Actions 2023-10-02 1:46 pm By Sam Matthews

Opal Tower engineer WSP has succeeded in claiming the costs of a class action from insurers for builder Icon, with a judge finding engineers were not excluded from the policyā€™s coverage for subcontractors.

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Traditional custodian prevails in challenge to Woodsideā€™s Scarborough gas project
Environment 2023-09-28 11:23 am By Sam Matthews

A traditional custodian has won her bid to halt seismic blasting for Woodsideā€™s Scarborough gas project off the coast of Western Australia, in a legal challenge similar to one that put Santosā€™ $4.7 billion Barossa project on ice.

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Grocon can’t shield legal advice over Barangaroo sight lines
Construction 2023-09-25 2:21 pm By Sam Matthews

Grocon has taken a hit in its $270 million lawsuit against Infrastructure NSW over a stalled $2 billion Central Barangaroo development project, with a judge finding the developerā€™s CEO waived privilege over legal advice it received on the sight line rights of Lendlease and Crown.

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Mount Pleasant mine engineers canā€™t shield legal advice on loss in $270M feud
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-09-14 1:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Engineering firms G&S Engineering and DRA Global have lost their bid to shield legal advice by McCullough Robertson on whether they were liable to MACH Energy for indirect losses while building a coal processing plant at Mount Pleasant in South Australia.

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WA home builder to face class action over construction delays
Construction 2023-09-07 11:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Perth-based homebuilder BGC Housing Group will face a class action on behalf of thousands of home owners who allege they have been harmed by lengthy construction delays.

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High Court won’t disturb insurers’ win in Pacific Highway case
Transportation & Infrastructure 2023-09-07 2:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court won’t hear an appeal in a case by Acciona and Ferrovial against three insurers over coverage for loss and damage resulting from heavy rainfall at the site of construction of the Pacific Highway in northern New South Wales.

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Feuding light rail class action solicitors must ā€˜put pride asideā€™ and work together, judge says
Class Actions 2023-09-06 11:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two law firms that have been jointly running a class action against the NSW government over light rail construction in Sydney are now competing to run the case solo, after their relationship broke down and the funder lost confidence in one of the firms, a court has heard.

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Law firm accused of ‘woefully prepared’ case dodges bid for personal costs
Business of Law 2023-08-30 10:51 pm By Sam Matthews

A disgruntled client who accused a Sydney-based law firm of running a “woefully prepared” case has lost his appeal of a judge’s rejection of his bid for a $225,000 personal costs order against the firm.

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BlueScope hit with record $57.5M penalty for attempted price-fixing
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-08-29 11:35 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has hit BlueScope Steel with a $57.5 million penalty for engaging in attempted cartel conduct and ordered a former executive to personally pay a $575,000 penalty.

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NAB class action seeks to bring ā€˜very seriousā€™ new fraud allegations
Class Actions 2023-08-25 2:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

NAB will fight a bid by a $78 million class action over the collapse of Walton Construction to add serious fraud allegations in the four-year-old case, which a judge said has been ā€œmired in a procedural messā€.

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