Region

That it once had a $100,000 bank cheque is not sufficient evidence to prove a funder behind a class action over the $16 billion WestConnex tunnel can meet a costs order in a feud with the applicants, an appeals court has said.

Real estate landlord Dexus is suing South Australia's medical research insitute for failing to execute on 30-year leases to occupy Adelaide's Australian Bragg Centre, despite "repeated demands".

A consortium including Acciona, UGL and others has been selected for pre-construction work on Queensland's Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project, which aims to reduce congestion ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games.

Property developer HYG has been given the green light by a court to build the next stage of a masterplanned community in Western Sydney.

Sydney City Council has been ordered by a court to produce documents in a legal battle with a property developer seeking to convert a Paddington boarding house into luxury residences.

The funder behind a class action against Transport for NSW over the $16 billion WestConnex project has lost another appeal in its ongoing spat with the lead applicants.

In the first prosecution of its kind, a Queensland property developer has been fined $150,000 for offences relating to a project trust account under the state's security of payment laws.

The corporate regulator has taken Holland Insurance to court, alleging it breached its duty of utmost good faith by taking over three years to resolve an insurance claim.

A lawyer who was fired for allegedly chucking a sickie to watch the AFL Gather Round games in Adelaide was not unfairly dismissed, the Fair Work Commission has found.

An appeals court has sided with the state of Victoria on a crucial issue in its case against LU Simon Builders over alleged combustible cladding on Melbourne's Atlantis Towers.