Construction

The High Court will hear a case centred on the 'honest claim of right' defence for property offences, after an appeals court handed a win to an Indigenous man who cleared native vegetation on government-owned land.

Sydney builder Next Constructions has accused a former employee and his wife of procuring $700,000 in secret profits by allegedly directing subcontractors to pay a company they controlled. 

In a loss for builder Ventura Home Group, a Western Australia tribunal has found the state's building commissioner can issue a remedy order over the installation of alleged faulty pipes at a residential property.

M&G Real Estate and Stockland have entered a partnership to develop a portfolio of land lease communities within Australia's senior living sector.

The builder and the developer of Sydney's 'The Eliza' apartment building have sought special leave with the High Court after they lost their challenge to a referee report that found it was reasonable for the owners to block them from rectifying defects.

A director of collapsed builder Shangri-La Construction who was found personally liable for $3.2 million in rectification costs for combustible cladding in a Melbourne apartment complex has failed to pass on his costs to his insurers. 

A court has excused the developer of a warehouse in greater western Sydney from paying a $1.38 million rent guarantee to CapitaLand Ascendas' REIT trustee Perpetual, finding it met its obligation to procure a tenant.

The wife of a Dubai investor who is accused of failing to repay a $10.7 million debt over a "highly unusual" airport investment proposal has been hit with a third-party freezing order, after the court heard that she received $1.2 million from her husband's business.

An appeals court has rejected a challenge to a permanent stay in a misleading and deceptive conduct case against engineering firm Everllence over alleged defective connective rods in engines supplied for a fast ferry registered in Denmark.

An appeals court ruling has confirmed that non-contracting owners must prove their own loss to claim defect damages under warranties in the Domestic Building Contracts Act.