The Victorian Building Authority has filed criminal charges against Melbourne builder Buildqa for allegedly exceeding its building permit for two three-storey townhouses and garages and failing to comply with a stop work order. The VBA alleges Buildqa and its sole company officer Nicholas Artusa contravened the Building Act by carrying on work without a permit…
The NSW government has introduced legislation to crack down on ‘claim farming’ for personal injury claims and international torts, despite concerns from the Law Society and the Bar the bill may prevent lawful referral practices.
The liquidators of collapsed fund manager iProsperity have filed court proceedings against the developer of an apartment project in Ryde.
A judge has rejected claims from the defendants in a sinking homes class action by Sydney homeowners that determining common question is not a ‘material change’ that would warrant additional discovery, but still declined to order discovery.
Holding Redlich has agreed to cover the costs awarded against its clients in a property spat, after a judge took the law firm to task for generating almost $30,000 in work following a settlement.
The Victorian Building Authority will stand trial in the County Court on charges connected to the death of one of its inspectors.
The federal government has topped up funding to install traffic lights in a notoriously congestion-prone intersection outside Sydney’s Olympic park.
A court has approved the construction of 669 apartments in the Western Sydney suburb of Edmonson Park after the local council initially refused the development application filed on behalf of Bathla Group.
A judge has rejected claims by a Neil Mansell unit that routine maintenance on a Sunshine Coast quarry haulage route is an “unduly onerous” condition for operating the quarry.
A judge has rejected a council’s attempt to slap a $435,000 levy, usually imposed to account for reductions in affordable housing, on the owners of residential property located minutes from Bondi beach.