Contracts

Costs in Rebel Wilson's $10 million dispute with her co-producers on 'The Deb' are expected to reach $5 million, prompting shock from a judge who said she had "never seen legal costs this big for such a simple case".

A class action has told the Federal Court that franchisees of defunct Westpac subsidiary RAMS felt targeted and discriminated against after being flagged for "suspected anomalies" during an investigation.

The administrators of collapsed building company Novati Constructions have been ordered to give developer Hulak two bank guarantees worth $312,500 each, with a judge finding it would be unconscionable to withhold them. 

Australian Radio Network considered offering radio personality Jackie O Henderson a show with Karl Stefanovic after she and long-time co-host Kyle Sandilands had an on-air falling out in February, a court has heard.

A judge has ruled that IG Power is not required to reimburse Genuity $24.4 million in interest charged by its parent company on a $60 million loan to rebuild the Callide power station, finding the loan was intended to be interest free. 

Bathroom products giant Reece has lost its challenge to a decision that found its lease of a western Sydney warehouse remained on foot after it made an invalid attempt to terminate the ten-year deal.

A judge has ordered a Gold Coast developer to honour two off-the-plan apartment contracts, finding it could not rely on sunset clauses to terminate the agreements.

A judge has rejected a pastoral and agricultural land manager's bid to have a $556,000 cross-claim sent to arbitration, saying it waited too long to invoke its rights to arbitrate.

Potentia Capital co-founder Tim Reed has told the Federal Court settlement negotiations with former partner Andrew Joyce were in "flux" and never finalised, in a case by Joyce seeking to enforce the terms of the agreement.

A judge has refused summary judgment in a $694 million suit by a company controlled by Chinese state-owned developer Beijing Capital Land against the director of developer Arden Group alleging it defaulted on loans linked to residential developments in Sydney and Brisbane.