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Origin Energy has submitted to $12 million in penalties over breaches of its life support obligations, including deregistering or disconnecting premises where someone was receiving life support.
ExxonMobil has sued an NGO linked to Andrew Forrest, alleging his company Fortescue has “orchestrated a campaign to compete” by funding lawsuits against it.
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Real estate company Flemington Properties has won $5 million from Ausgrid in a commercial rent dispute, with a judge finding the state corporation was effectively asking the court to rewrite the parties’ agreement.
A court has dismissed Mt Arthur Coal’s attempt to tender unserved affidavits at trial in a miner's personal injury case, agreeing that it would amount to "trial by ambush".
Law firm Gordon Legal has filed a tenth class action on behalf of junior doctors in Victoria who were allegedly underpaid for shift work, after several landmark wins in similar cases.
A judge has cut Slater & Gordon's 33% contingency fee in a class action against Insurance Australia, saying it was too high since there was nothing "particularly novel” about the case.
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Transport for NSW has asked the High Court to weigh in on when land is acquired for a 'public purpose', in a dispute over the value of land acquired near the Western Sydney Airport.
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Commercial tenants of Quest Dockland’s Bourke Street apartment complex have filed proceedings against 45 landlords, claiming their requests for rent relief during the COVID-19 pandemic were ignored.
Jetstar has hit back at a class action over COVID-19 flights cancellations, denying that it used “unfair tactics” to avoid providing the refunds customers say they were owed.
General Motors is facing a class action over Holden vehicles allegedly fitted with faulty transmission systems over the last 13 years.