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Ceerose, Zone Q must remedy defects in Sydney apartment building
Construction 2025-11-27 4:43 pm By Sam Matthews

An owners corporation has won orders requiring builder Ceerose and developer Zone Q rectify some defects in a Sydney apartment building, but failed to win work orders in relation to others.

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Court won’t toss Frankston golf club’s claims over $115M sale
Real Estate 2025-11-27 11:46 pm By Andy Sidler

The purchaser of Frankston’s $115 million Peninsula Kingswood Country Golf Club has lost a summary dismissal bid, with the court calling out its “contrariness” as stymieing the case’s progress without real cause. 

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Northern Beaches wins challenge to approval of seniors living development
Appeals 2025-11-27 11:29 pm By Andy Sidler

A bid for approval of a seniors living complex on Sydney’s northern beaches has stalled after a court found a commissioner ignored mandatory considerations on the mistaken understanding that they conflicted with other planning requirements. 

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Court throws out native title appeal over AngloGold mining leases
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-11-26 11:16 pm By Andy Sidler

An appeals court has confirmed that mining companies AngloGold and IGO Limited did not need to renegotiate native title approvals when they consolidated 31 existing mining leases into a single lease. 

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McCullough Robertson sued over $33M share sale advice
Professional Negligence 2025-11-24 11:59 pm By Andy Sidler

A superannuation fund has taken McCullough Robertson to court, arguing that its former solicitors failed to warn that a $33 million share sale agreement with Firecroft Technical Services could be jeopardised if a related Fair Work Commission approval was quashed. 

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Meriton loses land valuation challenge for Sydney development
Construction 2025-11-25 11:56 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has upheld the $63.8 million valuation of an inner-Sydney high-rise, rejecting Meriton’s argument that it should be reduced to $52 million because of its isolation from public transport.

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Builder’s ‘cute’ bid to dodge fire safety fixes at Canberra development rejected
Construction 2025-11-25 11:22 pm By Andy Sidler

Chase Builders can’t avoid completing fire safety rectification works at the Manhattan on the Park apartment complex in Canberra by citing a 10-year limitations period after running down the clock with litigation, a tribunal has said.

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CBEM loses appeal in payment dispute over Dural development
Construction 2025-11-25 11:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A Sydney builder has lost its challenge to a $453,000 judgment for a developer, with an appeals court finding the construction company claimed payment for a greater amount of work than was done on a project in Dural. 

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ATO appeals win for YTL Power in $948M dispute over ElectraNet sale
Appeals 2025-11-24 11:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

The tax commissioner is challenging last month’s loss in a $948 million capital gains dispute with Malaysia’s YTL Power.

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Suit accuses Telix of breaching licence agreement for cancer drug Zircaix
Intellectual Property 2025-11-24 11:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

German pharmaceutical company Heidelberg Pharma has filed a lawsuit against Australian drug maker Telix alleging breach of a licence agreement for its kidney cancer diagnostic drug Zircaix. 

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