Victoria

Property developer Villawood has argued that a company incorporated to manage a project in regional Victoria can't withdraw admissions over an alleged fraudulent scheme by a former director to divert management fees. 

A company controlled by Paul Chiodo has lobbed a $200 million suit targeting City Built director Roberto Filippini, with the former Keystone director joining the company's liquidators in chasing millions in allegedly misappropriated development funds.

The Australian Grand Prix Corporation has lost its bid to appeal a ruling ordering it to pay $2.8 million to an event promoter over the cancellation of the 2020 Melbourne Formula One cup and a Robbie Williams concert during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Former Carlton president and PwC boss Luke Sayers has reached a settlement in his ex-wife's defamation case over an explicit photo, apologising to Cate Sayers in court on Friday.

A new judge has joined the Victorian Supreme Court bench, after 28 years at the bar where he acted on product liability class actions, including a case against Monsanto over allegedly carcinogenic weed killer. 

The grand-niece of billiards champion Walter Lindrum has won more time to file submissions in her dispute against a Time & Place subsidiary over its redevelopment of the historic Hotel Lindrum into a 27-storey commercial tower.

Victoria's landmark working from home laws have been revised after lobbying from business groups, with the changes meaning employers can temporarily revoke the right if the arrangement becomes unreasonable.

A judge has ordered Pacific Shopping Centres unit Wadren to hand over photos of the Pacific Werribee shopping centre car park from 2017 and 2018 to co-owner QIC Werribee in a dispute over alleged structural defects. 

The grand-niece of billiards champion Walter Lindrum has won more time to file submissions in her dispute against a Time & Place subsidiary over its redevelopment of the historic Hotel Lindrum into a 27-storey commercial tower.

An architecture firm can maintain its proportionate liability defence in a defects lawsuit over the construction of an aged care facility in Box Hill, with a judge finding it has an arguable case.