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A decision by federal environment minister Tanya Pibersek to greenlight the extension of two mega coal mines in NSW was “legally open” to her, a judge has ruled, despite acknowledging the “existential threat” of climate change.
A nose job patient who allegedly defamed his surgeon has been hit with indemnity costs after refusing the surgeon’s “exceptionally generous” offer to settle.
Two former Dick Smith executives have settled with the receivers of the defunct electronics retailer, dropping a High Court appeal over an $11.8 million ruling.
Former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith has been ordered pay $910,000 in security for costs as he appeals a defamation ruling that found he committed murder in Afghanistan and was not a reliable witness.
NAB unit NULIS Nominees was not only allowed to charge superannuation fund members fees for adviser commissions, it was "obliged" to do so, a court has heard during a class action trial over alleged conflicted remuneration.
A class action against a director of defunct financial services firm Hodgson Faraday is headed to the High Court after seven years of litigation, with the director appealing findings that he was involved in misleading South Korean investors.
NAB unit NULIS Nominees was “hopelessly conflicted” in continuing to charge allegedly unlawful adviser commissions to superannuation fund members, a court has heard on the first day of a class action trial.
A bondholder class action against Virgin is heating up, with the airline filing a cross-claim seeking the court’s approval to demand periodic payments from the applicant to cover its costs under a contentious indemnity clause.
A judge has set down former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian’s bid to overturn a corruption finding by ICAC for a hearing in February and urged both sides to run the case expeditiously, saying speed would be a "hallmark" of the proceedings.
Maurice Blackburn will seek $26 million in costs from a $110 million settlement in a long-running class action against AMP over its fees-for-no-service conduct, leaving more than three-quarters of the settlement to be distributed to group members.