Law Firms

A judge has struck out builder CPB Contractor's “clearly untenable” claim against Transport for NSW for $63 million in delay costs for work on the Pacific Highway upgrade.

A judge has handed Knowmore Legal an early loss in a negligence case by a former client, finding the client was barred from bringing further sexual abuse claims by accepting an offer under the national redress scheme.

Phoslock Environmental Technologies, which has produced hundreds of thousands of documents to federal police as part of an investigation of the company's China operations, must hand over the bundle to a class action.

A GFG subsidiary has lost its cross-claim in a battle with OneSteel's administrators over infrastructure assets at South Australia's Whyalla port, which is used to export the state's iron ore.

The liquidators of real estate investment company Global Capital Property Fund have expanded their suit alleging breaches of fiduciary duties in relation to a $50 million Queensland development, adding special purpose vehicles for several developments in Victoria.

The owners corporation of a 98-unit Parklea development by defunct builder Dyldam Developments have appealed a ruling that found time was up on its insurance claim for building defects in a property completed 17 years ago.

Uber wants the High Court to weigh in on its dispute with the NSW State Revenue Office over five years of payroll tax, after an appeals court found payments made to drivers were taxable. 

Queensland is facing a class action investigation on behalf of detainees who were allegedly subjected to isolation, excessive force and other harmful conditions at five youth detention centres in the state. 

Perth-based construction and mining contractor NRW Holdings will acquire engineering company Fredon Industries in a $200 million takeover bid.

A judge has rejected a “finely balanced” application to transfer a court fight between Waratah Engineering and Wollongong Resources over mining equipment contracts to New South Wales.