James Hutton

Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart could be on the hook for millions of dollars in royalty payments, in a long-running battle over lucrative iron ore mining tenements in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is on the hook for royalties payable to the heirs of iron ore pioneers Don Rhodes and Peter Wright, a judge has held in a long-running battle over lucrative tenements in the Pilbara region.

Liquidators for defunct construction group Hastie have launched a bid in its Federal Court case against Hall & Wilcox to refer a $18.6 million bill from the law firm to a costs assessor.

A NSW appeals court has found objectors have no right to weigh in on development applications once they reach conciliation in the Land and Environment Court, and that judges don't have to consider all material before the court. 

A court has found that a minister's decision to sell a section of Crown land to a buyer intending to carve it into 15 lots was made in breach of planning laws. 

A judge wants more information before allowing Acciona employees to access documents from the company's Swiss rival and co-defendant in a dispute over the receivership of the East Rockingham waste-to-energy project. 

Hall & Wilcox has struck back at proceedings by the liquidators for collapsed construction group Hastie, saying they have failed to specify why its $18.6 million legal bill incurred in suing two dozen builders is unreasonable.

The applicant in a class action over a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess is seeking an $8 million costs order against Carnival, after the cruise ship operator lost its challenge to a negligence finding.

Insurers Bond & Credit Company and Tokio Marine can't eyeball advice given by Ashurst to lender White Oak in a dispute over the collapse of supply chain finance company Greensill.

Lender White Oak has argued it can shield an email that repeats legal advice from Ashurst that was accidentally disclosed to insurers Bond & Credit Company and Tokio Marine, which it has sued over the collapse of supply chain finance company Greensill.