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Insurers lose bid to see Ashurst advice in Greensill dispute
Financial Services 2025-08-27 1:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

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.

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Privilege fight erupts in Greensill case over email repeating Ashurst advice
Insurance 2025-08-25 11:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

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. 

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Clough appeals stay of $54M cross-claim in EnergyConnect spat with Elecnor
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-25 11:22 pm By Christine Caulfield

Engineering firm Clough Projects Australia is challenging a judge’s order staying its $54 million cross-claim against former Energy Connection joint venture partner Elecnor.

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Cyprus Club administrators have power to sell ‘substantial’ Sydney property: court
Real Estate 2025-08-22 11:47 pm By Andy Sidler

The administrators of the New South Wales Cyprus Community club can sell an inner Western Sydney property of “substantial value”, with a judge finding they are not subject to a condition under the Registered Clubs Act. 

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Enviro group attacks Tamboran’s ‘gut feeling’ risk assessment of Beetaloo Basin fracking
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-14 11:43 pm By Andy Sidler

Environmental activists seeking to block Tamboran’s gas exploration project in the Northern Territory have criticised the natural gas company’s water contamination risk assessment, telling a court it was based on a “gut feeling”.

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Charter Hall can respond to Pitt St developer’s reply evidence in $100M suit
Construction 2025-08-01 11:47 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed Charter Hall to respond to developer Pro-Invest’s expert evidence in a case claiming $100 million in damages for the lost opportunity to build a 26-storey hotel in the Sydney CBD. 

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Carnival loses challenge to negligence finding in COVID-19 class action
Personal injury 2025-07-29 10:43 am By Cindy Cameronne

Carnival has lost an appeal of a finding in a class action that it was negligent in preventing a COVID-19 outbreak aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship, but an appeal by the applicant over damages has also failed. 

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Judge raises concerns Blue Sky shareholder class action ‘drifting’
Class Actions 2025-07-21 11:55 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has expressed worries that a class action against EY and collapsed Blue Sky Alternative Investments is “drifting” amid concerns from the defendants about “indulgent” discovery and potentially “significant” pleading changes.

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Hastie had no written costs agreement with Hall & Wilcox despite $17.8M bill, court told
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-06-19 2:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Contesting $17.8 million in fees billed by law firm Hall & Wilcox, the liquidators of collapsed engineering firm Hastie Group have told a court there was no written costs agreement between the parties. 

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Clough’s $54M cross-claim stayed in feud with JV partner over EnergyConnect project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-06-13 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has stayed engineering firm Clough’s $54 million cross-claim against its former joint venture partner on the EnergyConnect transmission project, Elecnor, saying the claim must be sent to arbitration.

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