The owners corporation of an apartment complex in Sydney’s north shore can bring claims against a council over several million dollars in alleged defects, despite a four-year delay.
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.
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 “staggering” 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.
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 “passion” for building high-end homes to a client, but put the builder on the hook for over $1 million in damages for rectification works.
The federal government has announced a $1.1 billion investment to upgrade the busiest stretch of Victoria’s Western Freeway. The investment, announced on Thursday, is aimed at upgrading the major arterial road between Melton and Caroline Springs. An estimated 86,000 vehicles pass through the stretch of road per day That figure is expected to balloon to…
A contractor for a proposed $100 million country club near Perth has lost a round in a legal battle that has stalled the project, losing a bid for a freezing order against the landowner.