Litigation

An appeals court has ordered Colliers to pay a former director more than $110,000 for serving as agent on a lease at the Westfield in Sydney's CBD, which he did not receive after he left the firm in 2016.

A subcontractor that provided piling services on a Parramatta RSL carpark project has been ordered to pay excavation contractor A-Civil more than $350,000, with a judge finding it was liable for liquidated damages and other amounts.

The Retirement Villages Act was unfit for the purpose of protecting both former residents at a Paterson Lakes retirement village and new apartment owners, who appeared to be victims of an "exploitative" scheme by former managers and operators, a court has found.

Three Sydney residents have dropped their claims against Transport for New South Wales in a suit alleging a new cycleway on Oxford Street is discriminatory, after the court struck out most of their claims against the government agency. 

Melbourne builder Cobild has resolved a lawsuit brought against a developer arguing it must return a $497,000 bank guarantee under a contract to build a $50 million office complex.

A judge has discharged the mortgages and caveats developer Oliver Hume holds over a residential subdivision project in Onkaparinga Heights in favour of a renegotiated arrangement, allowing the landowner to deal with property amid an ongoing court dispute. 

A court has heard that the CEO of collapsed developer Crown Group and an associated company owe $12 million in the company's liquidation.

Victoria’s State Revenue Office has gone to the High Court in its battle with shopping centre landlord Vicinity Funds over $82.5 million in stamp duty.

Sibayne Stillwater's Copper Mines of Tasmania has accused construction company Ian Harrington Group of inducing a subsidiary to breach a contract for rehabilitating a closed mine near Queenstown.

The liquidators of the Tahmoor coal mine in NSW, formerly owned by Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance, have lost their bid to disclaim a royalties deed in favour of former owner Glencore, with a judge finding it was not an “unprofitable contract”.