The Western Australian government has lost its bid to appeal a Federal Court judge’s rejection of its application to throw out a native title case alleging Onslow Salt made a $75 million with Chevron that amounted to an unlawful means conspiracy.
A director of a corporate advisory firm has been ordered to name names in his defence of a lawsuit brought by Mineral Resources over tweets suggesting the lithium mining company’s ore has a bad reputation in China.
A judge has granted a unit of Queensland Investment Corporation’s request for a confidentiality regime for certain documents discovered in an ongoing legal spat with EnergyAustralia over the $1.78 billion sale of a gas facility in Victoria, but said three EnergyAustralia can view the documents.
Australian petrol retailer United Petroleum has lost a bid to disqualify a judge from a final hearing on costs in its unsuccessful battle against law firm Herbert Smith Freehills over a failed initial public offering.
The Port of Newcastle must slash its access charge for Glencore coal ships by 20 per cent, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has determined.
The litigation funder backing a class action against engineering company UGL over disclosures related to the ballooning costs of its Ichthys power project could pocket up to 30 percent of any settlement or judgment, according to a court order.
Macmahon Holdings has agreed to pay $6.7 million to settle a shareholder class action alleging the mining company failed to provide adequate disclosures about the impact delays on a project for Rio Tinto in the Pilbara would have on its profitability.
Liquidators for failed labour hire business One Key Workforce are disputing a claim by the CFMMEU for wages owed to employees, saying the money should be given to them while they wind up the company.
BHP and Vale SA have reportedly reached an agreement with Brazilian prosecutors to compensate victims of the Fundao dam collapse at the companies’ Samarco mine three years ago.
A unit of Fortescue Metals Group has won its bid for emails between Squire Patton Boggs and a unit of electricity provider TransAlta Energy relating to a disputed power purchase agreement, saying privilege was waived when the emails were forwarded to a third party.