Queensland

The Fair Work Commission has criticised a non-profit after two male social workers were demoted and their pay docked by $10,000 to address complaints by their female colleagues about pay disparity. 

Engineering consulting firm Jacobs Group has won a stay of proceedings by Brisbane Airport Corporation, after arguing the case was launched in contravention of an arbitration agreement.

A court has ordered Queensland builder ADLU to provide security in its dispute with engineering contractor Ertech, finding that its self-imposed "hibernation" disguised a practical impecuniosity.

A Dexus managed fund has paid $683 million to Scentre Group to increase its stake in Brisbane's Westfield Chermside shopping centre.

CIP Group can subpoena Queensland Police, with a judge finding the timing of an ex-business partner's complaints to police may be material to a change of tack in CIP's $30 million suit over a residential development.

IG Energy and former subsidiary IG Power -- now owned by Czech investment firm Sev.en -- are fighting over a $3.5 million surplus from the administration of IG's interest in the Callide Power Station in Queensland.

York Property has lost an appeal in a dispute with builder Tomkins over a payment claim for work on a Gold Coast high-rise, with the appeals court declining to set aside an adjudicator's decision that was later cut down to $12.7 million. 

A wellness retreat has launched an intellectual property suit against luxury Queensland resort Elysium Noosa, claiming that a recent rebrand amounts to passing off.

Ramsay Health Care has lost its challenge to development approval for a community health care services centre near its Greenslopes Hospital in Brisbane, with a court finding the centre would not interfere with the hospital’s operations. 

An expert will not be asked to determine a potential cross-claim by Downer EDI Rail in a dispute with John Holland over a rollingstock manufacturing facility being constructed in Torbanlea.