On the first day of trial, a court has heard a class action over alleged negligent management of water flowing through the Murray Darling system is a “world away” from a climate change class action that recently failed at trial.
Gold exploration company Zuleika Gold has to produce a draft technical report to Vango Mining as it seeks “significant damages’ over a repudiated joint venture agreement, with a judge finding an affidavit from its solicitor put the report squarely in issue.
Energy giant Santos has won a dispute over its Gladstone LNG project, described by a court as “litigation on a monumental scale”, securing a $692 million judgment against engineering firm Fluor with the help of four silks.
The administrators of the Dartbrook coal mine in the New South Wales’ Hunter Valley have won six more months before holding a second creditors meeting, with a judge convinced a pending approval to extend the mine’s life until 2033 could make or break a sale.
A construction company working on accommodation for Rio Tinto FIFO workers has won its bid to set aside a $1 million creditor’s demand by a subcontractor, with a judge finding the demand was an abuse of process.
The federal government’s National Reconstruction Fund has taken a $50 million stake in Gina Rinehart-backed lithium miner Liontown Resources.
Acciona’s bid to acquire the $500 million East Rockingham waste-to-energy project in Western Australia is facing more uncertainty after the ACCC said it had paused its review of the proposal.
The High Court has upheld a decision that found Helensburgh Coal should have tried to redeploy 22 workers it dismissed as redundant and replaced with contractors.
An environmental group has taken Santos and NOPSEMA to court, alleging the offshore oil and gas regulator failed to ensure the gas giant has the financial means to decommission its Reindeer gas field in Western Australia.
An Aboriginal group joined to Regis Resources’ challenge to a decision concerning its McPhillamys gold mine has won an order capping its costs at $20,000, with a judge rejecting the gold producer’s argument the order was unnecessary.