Litigation

Property listings giant Domain plans to attack the validity of a Deloitte report used to support competitor REA Group’s claim that it attracts the buyer for nine in 10 homes sold, a court has heard.

Gold Coast Council has brought a High Court case over a decision that found the city must consider the provision of affordable housing in assessing an application by developer Cielo Group for a luxury beachfront highrise.

The Tamworth local council has lost its bid to inspect advice given by Baker McKenzie to the owner of the Hills of Gold wind farm in regional NSW as they fight over costs in a development consent dispute.

The Victorian government has told the High Court it had no obligation to act with procedural fairness when it decided to demolish inner-city public housing towers in Melbourne, as the court mulls whether to revive a class action by tower residents.

A former director of property developer Villawood has argued a judge should disqualify himself from hearing a contempt case after finding he gave false instructions to his Mills Oakley solicitor.

The co-owners of a property in the Adelaide CBD have lost their appeal of a tribunal decision that increased the site's value from $5.4 million to $6.9 million.

Super trustee REST Nominees has dodged indemnity costs but is still on the hook for paying a "cast of thousands" after losing a bid to temporarily block the sale of the Dexus bloc of shares in Melbourne Airport operator APAC.

The former majority owner of NY-based Infrastructure Capital Holdings has won its bid for documents ahead of mediation in a suit alleging Foresight Group Holdings undervalued the company's investments in Kinetic and Zenith Energy, which sold for a combined $5.7 billion last year.

The former CEO of engineering services firm DRA Global has failed in a dispute over law firm emails he claimed were produced in futherance of an unlawful scheme to take control of the company's board.

M Resources Trading has won its challenge to a decision setting aside a $1.07 million statutory demand it issued to defunct mining company Australian Pacific Coal, with an appeals court finding there was no genuine dispute over the debt.