Judgment

A community group has won the first-ever climate change case to go to the High Court, which found Wednesday that a planning authority was required to consider the climate impacts of downstream emissions before approving MACH Energy's bid to expand its Mount Pleasant coal mine.

A judge has found that RAMS breached its duty of good faith by terminating a franchise agreement on Westpac’s recommendation without resolving concerns about the evidence backing its decision, but tossed unconscionable conduct claims against the home loans business.

A court has refused to approve a development application for an affordable housing project in Bondi Junction, finding it would lead to unacceptable overshadowing of Clementson Park.

Coles has won its bid to correct inaccurate information given to the ACCC about supermarket revenue and sales in proceedings challenging the regulator's rejection of its acquisition of leasehold interest in a Kalgoorlie site.

Coles has won its bid to correct inaccurate information given to the ACCC about supermarket revenue and sales in proceedings challenging the regulator's rejection of its acquisition of leasehold interest in a Kalgoorlie site.

The liquidators of GFG Alliance's Tahmoor Coal have lost their appeal of a decision over a royalties deed in favour of former owner Glencore.

A judge has dismissed a case against the South Australian government over the redevelopment of a golf course in the Adelaide park lands that involves the removal of 585 trees.

A judge has set aside a $3.65 million statutory demand against developer Sunnice in its dispute with builder Binah over a contract for the $133 million Babylon apartments in Sydney's Rouse Hill. 

An environmental authority for Peabody's majority-owned Coppabella coal mine in Queensland should require the owners to obtain Aboriginal party input for a post-mine rehabilitation plan, a judge has said.

Developer Villawood can share documents produced in litigation against its former director with federal police, after persuading a judge the public interest in investigating possible crimes outweighed the interest in confidentiality.