Contracts

Bubble tea chain Sharetea has been hit with $39,600 in penalties after the ACCC expressed concerns that a term in its agreements requiring franchisees to foot the bill for any disputes ran afoul of the Franchising Code.

A developer has succeeded in overturning a ruling that it owes $6.1 million in damages to an off-the-plan buyer after it sold two Brisbane penthouses to other buyers for more than double the original contract price.

A chemical engineer who helped develop patented technology to prevent pollution from fracking operations has failed in his bid to be bought out by the company for $1.43 million, with a judge rejecting his claims of shareholder oppression.

Australian Radio Network's board thought Jackie O Henderson was not worth $10 million a year without co-host Kyle Sandilands, a court has heard as it rejects access to documents over which the broadcaster and the radio star claim privilege.

A subcontractor has been ordered to repay $1.59 million after a judge found it had been paid for incomplete works on three Sydney Metro stations.

AkzoNobel is back in court after trial concluded in proceedings over the protective coating used on the Ichthys LNG project, claiming Japanese oil company Inpex's bid to have a double discount issues determined by the court could increase any damages owed by $1 billion. 

A subsidiary of civil construction company Ian Harrington Group wants to revise its defence to a $3.6 million case by Sibayne Stillwater’s Copper Mines of Tasmania, arguing it has no obligation to rehabilitate a quarry at the shuttered Mt Lyell mine.

A judge has refused Wollongong Coal’s bid for indemnity costs after it successfully defended a case by Singaporean commodities trader UIL, with a judge finding that refusing a $400,000 settlement offer in the $350 million case was not unreasonable. 

Macquarie International Health Clinic has lost the latest chapter in its decades long battle over the proposed development of a private hospital within the precincts of Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

The company that paid $60 million for bankrupt Jon Adgemis' Noah's Backpackers hotel in Bondi Beach has been ordered to cough up $6 million in GST refunds to a Singapore special purpose vehicle that arranged a loan for the purchase.