Simon Davis

A judge has allowed a barrister who successfully defended a Perth gym in nuisance proceedings by a hospital to be paid 30 per cent above the scale rate, citing the matter's complexity and high stakes and the experience of opposing counsel.

A judge has tossed a nuisance claim by the Perth Day Hospital against its neighbour Fitness Cartel, finding its use of the property for "hypersensitive" surgery and medical procedures was not an 'ordinary use' protected by nuisance law.

The High Court has rejected an appeal from a joint venture that provided work on Chevron's Gorgon liquified natural gas project that argued the Western Australia appeals court lacked power to uphold a ruling that set aside an arbitration ruling in a $130 million dispute over the project.

The High Court will hear a $130 million case by two contractors on Chevron's Gorgon gas field project, which argue the Western Australia Court of Appeal was outside power to uphold a ruling that set aside an arbitration win.