Law firm HWL Ebsworth has dodged a $424,000 damages claim by a Brisbane property developer, despite a judge finding the law firm was negligent in failing to properly follow its client’s instructions on a contract of sale for large block of units.
A judge has questioned property developer PPK Group’s challenge to the dismissal of its long-running negligence case against HWL Ebsworth over the $25.5 million sale of Crown-owned land in Sydney.
A judge has extended asset freezing orders until next year in a $109.5 million case brought by the tax office against Gold Coast property developer James Raptis and his companies.
Quest Serviced Apartments is using unfair tactics to unlawfully terminate franchise agreements, according to a lawsuit by a franchisee that is fighting to keep its doors open after COVID-19 restrictions forced closures across the country.
The Sparke Helmore partner at the centre of a $1 million professional negligence lawsuit attempted to conceal an “oversight of enormous proportions” that is said to have lost a property developer two lucrative contracts, a court has heard.
A class action investigation is underway on behalf of property holders and business owners in the Gippsland region who have allegedly been intimidated into selling their assets for the development of the $200 million Fingerboards mineral sands mine.
Department store chain Myer has been hit with a lawsuit for allegedly failing to pay over $4.2 million in rent for its flagship store on Bourke Street in Melbourne during the coronavirus pandemic.
Corporate advisory firm Bridge Street Capital has been hit with costs for funding the defence to a winding up application for a Sydney property developer which a judge found was “woefully” insolvent.
A Canberra property developer that misled investors about GST on its apartments does not have to pay compensation to the lead applicant in a class action against it, an appeal court has found.
A Canberra-based property developer may be hit with a class action for allegedly engaging in misleading and deceptive practices which caused financial losses to property buyers, including by rescinding or cancelling off-the-plan contracts in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.