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WA home builder to face class action over construction delays
Class Actions 2023-09-07 11:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Perth-based homebuilder BGC Housing Group will face a class action on behalf of thousands of home owners who allege they have been harmed by lengthy construction delays.

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High Court won’t disturb insurers’ win in Pacific Highway case
Appeals 2023-09-07 2:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court won’t hear an appeal in a case by Acciona and Ferrovial against three insurers over coverage for loss and damage resulting from heavy rainfall at the site of construction of the Pacific Highway in northern New South Wales.

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Feuding light rail class action solicitors must ‘put pride aside’ and work together, judge says
Banton Group 2023-09-06 11:31 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Two law firms that have been jointly running a class action against the NSW government over light rail construction in Sydney are now competing to run the case solo, after their relationship broke down and the funder lost confidence in one of the firms, a court has heard.

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Law firm accused of ‘woefully prepared’ case dodges bid for personal costs
Anna Mitchelmore 2023-08-30 10:51 pm By Sam Matthews

A disgruntled client who accused a Sydney-based law firm of running a “woefully prepared” case has lost his appeal of a judge’s rejection of his bid for a $225,000 personal costs order against the firm.

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BlueScope hit with record $57.5M penalty for attempted price-fixing
ACCC 2023-08-29 11:35 am By Sam Matthews

A judge has hit BlueScope Steel with a $57.5 million penalty for engaging in attempted cartel conduct and ordered a former executive to personally pay a $575,000 penalty.

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NAB class action seeks to bring ‘very serious’ new fraud allegations
Allens 2023-08-25 2:25 pm By Cindy Cameronne

NAB will fight a bid by a $78 million class action over the collapse of Walton Construction to add serious fraud allegations in the four-year-old case, which a judge said has been “mired in a procedural mess”.

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University of Sydney can’t advance ‘unclear’ claims over flammable building panels
Adele Carr 2023-08-25 1:02 pm By Sam Matthews

The University of Sydney has lost a bid to amend its claims against a consultant in litigation over allegedly defective building work carried out on its Charles Perkins Centre in Camperdown.

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Developer takes aim at agent over sales in Sydney’s Boomerang building
Construction 2023-08-23 4:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Developer CHP Group has accused real estate agency Maison Global of having a conflict of interest while selling apartments in Sydney Olympic Park’s latest high-rise the Boomerang building due to a separate arrangement with a different developer. 

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Multiplex sues Star-owned consortium over $2.6B Queen’s Wharf construction
Construction 2023-08-21 3:26 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Star Entertainment joint venture has been hit with a lawsuit by the Queensland arm of Multiplex Constructions over alleged costs overruns in the construction for a multi-billion-dollar resort in Brisbane. 

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Woodside faces legal challenge to Scarborough gas project
Construction 2023-08-21 12:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A traditional custodian has taken Woodside Energy to court in a bid to halt offshore seismic blasting for its Scarborough gas project, in a legal challenge similar to one that put Santos’ $4.7 billion Barossa project on ice.

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