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Court OKs walk-away settlement with former RCR Tomlinson directors
Class Actions 2023-04-05 11:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved a walk-away settlement with two former directors of RCR Tomlinson in a shareholder class action against the failed engineering company.

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Thiess settles underpayments class action by FIFO workers for $858,000
Class Actions 2023-04-03 12:15 pm By Sam Matthews

Mining services company Thiess has settled a class action by fly-in fly-out workers who alleged they were not paid for time spent on the bus travelling home from a Pilbara-based liquefied natural gas processing plant owned by Woodside Energy.

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NSW government fights bid for transactional documents in Westconnex class action
Class Actions 2023-03-31 4:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Transport for NSW has refused to hand over transactional documents related to its $16 billion Westconnex project in a class action over the alleged fraudulent acquisition of land to construct the tunnel in inner western Sydney. 

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The Star can add claims in dispute over casino renovation
Construction 2023-03-31 1:57 pm By Sam Matthews

Star Entertainment can add new claims to a dispute over renovations at its Sydney casino, despite the fact that the defendant builder may be time barred from deflecting liability onto a subcontractor.

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Insurers score win in court battle over $695M Pacific Highway project
Insurance 2023-03-28 3:45 pm By Sam Matthews

The Full Court has found that a policy exclusion applies in a dispute between Acciona Infrastructure and Ferrovial Construction and three insurers over coverage for loss and damage caused by heavy rainfall during the construction of the $695 million Pacific Highway in northern New South Wales.

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Downer EDI faces class action threat over accounting irregularities
Construction 2023-03-21 3:29 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Downer EDI is facing a possible shareholder class action after the construction giant revealed accounting irregularities had caused it to overstate its revenue by as much as $40 million.

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Richard Crookes to appeal landmark judgment on SOPA’s availability to insolvent companies
Restructuring & Insolvency 2023-03-21 10:33 pm By Sam Matthews

Construction company Richard Crookes plans to appeal a ruling which found the Security of Payment Act is available to insolvent builders to pursue debts under a deed of company arrangement, despite an amendment to the law preventing construction companies in liquidation from enforcing payment claims.

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Opal Tower engineer’s status as Icon subcontractor enough for class action indemnity, trial told
Insurance 2023-03-15 4:14 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Opal Tower engineer WSP is battling insurers for builder Icon over coverage for the costs of a class action by residents, telling a court on Wednesday that Icon was liable for alleged structural defects in the building despite having subcontracted the structural design to WSP.

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Acciona says no unfettered access to $511M waste-to-energy plant
Construction 2023-03-15 10:43 pm By Sam Matthews

Acciona has hit back at a suit brought by the entity in charge of a $511 million waste-to-energy plant south of Perth alleging it was unlawfully shut out of the project site, with the Spanish infrastructure giant saying the entity had no “unlimited right of access.”

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Opal Tower class members could do ‘simple arithmetic’, funder says in appeal of cuts to commission
Appeals 2023-03-14 10:25 pm By Sam Matthews

The funder in the Opal Tower class action has appealed a judge’s decision to slash its commission for not disclosing proposed deductions from the settlement sum as percentages, telling the Full Court that group members could do “simple arithmetic”.

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