The Supreme Court of Victoria has been urged not to meddle with a 25 per cent group costs order in a junk insurance class action that settled for $170 million, in what would be the court’s second blessing of a law firm contingency fee.
Mayfield Development is barred from bringing claims already traversed in a competition case by the ACCC that was thrown out by a court, NSW Ports has told an appeals court.
The Port of Newcastle has lost its bid to move a lawsuit filed by Glencore Coal over $870,000 in alleged overcharged shipping fees to the Federal Court.Â
Boroondara City Council has sued ADCO seeking urgent orders that it sign a deed of guarantee under a $59 million contract to redevelop Kew Recreation Centre, as the builder faces charges over a roof collapse.
Duke Ventures has succeeded in setting aside a statutory demand from the builder of a 10-storey development in Collingwood, with a judge finding the property developer can rely on a $6 million offsetting claim.Â
Dymocks Book Arcade wants to join a project’s superintendent to a $4.5 million lawsuit over a defective roof at a property on the NSW North Coast.
A judge has slammed lawyers for filing âstaggeringâ volumes of documents in an interlocutory skirmish and racking up huge costs, warning the court may need to take “decisive action” to ensure compliance with the Civil Procedure Act.
A former client of Holding Redlich has brought proceedings against the firm over what he says were inadequate fee disclosures.Â
Liquidators of collapsed developer Crown Group have brought legal action against the company’s partner in a joint venture to build a residential tower in Melbourne’s Southbank, seeking to force a sale of the property.
A judge has rejected a misleading conduct claim against a builder who professed his âpassionâ for building high-end homes to a client, but put the builder on the hook for over $1 million in damages for rectification works.