Maurice Blackburn alleges Lendlease had assured shareholders at its November 2017 annual general meeting that its engineering department was functioning as expected. Rebecca Gilsenan, class action principal lawyer at Maurice Blackburn, said the market had been led to think Lendlease had its business under control. "Frankly, it is hard to believe that a company with the experience and sophistication of Lendlease wouldn't have been aware earlier of such significant financial problems within its business," Ms Gilsenan said.