A defunct design firm has been found guilty of health and safety violations after a shoring wall fell down at a Geocon construction site in Canberra, with a magistrate saying the collapse could have caused multiple deaths.
The parties in a class action against agricultural giant GrainCorp over alleged noise and odour pollution from a factory in rural Victoria have failed to seal the deal on a settlement reached last month.
The world-first ban on kids accessing social media will extend to online discussion platform Reddit and live-streaming service Kick, and more platforms could be added to the “dynamic” list, which is subject to review by the eSafety commissioner.
ASIC is considering an appeal of a ruling that tossed its conflicted remuneration case against Freedom Insurance’s former boss and another executive over a sales incentive scheme.
Developer Villawood wants to add its director’s three daughters to its case over an alleged “dishonest and fraudulent design” to divert valuable management fees for a project in Wallan, Victoria to the director’s family company.
A woman has lost her lawsuit seeking to get out of an agreement to purchase an apartment ‘off the plan’ in a luxury development in Sydney’s harbourside suburb of Rushcutters Bay, after the wrong colour marble was installed in the kitchen.
Engineering firm Wood & Grieve has failed to convince a judge to compel CPB Contractors to provide it with further and better particulars in a dispute over work on Perth’s Elizabeth Quay redevelopment.
Blackrock-owned battery developer Akaysha Energy’s planned 311 MW battery energy storage system on the Midland Highway in Victoria is ready to get off the ground, after Allens helped the project secure $460 million in financing.
Several Apache Corporation units have failed to block Santos from withdrawing admissions in a long-running fight over $83 million in tax credits related to Apache’s $2.1 billion sale of certain assets, with a judge finding Apache’s prejudice arguments were “significantly overstated”.
A judge has refused to strike out claims of serious harm in a defamation case by a pro-Israel activist against the owner of Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway, finding the activist did not need to plead to his prior reputation.