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The High Court has ordered mining magnate Clive Palmer to pay Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan's costs for contempt proceedings brought against him during the war of words that erupted between the pair over the state's decision to close its borders at the height of the coronavirus pandemic last year.
Global resources giant BHP Group has asked the Full Court to rule foreign investors should be excluded from a shareholder class action over the 2015 Fundao dam disaster, arguing the class action regime only applies to those in Australia.
Senior barrister Sue Chrysanthou has rejected claims that she has failed in her duties as a barrister by representing federal minister Christian Porter in his defamation proceedings against the ABC over coverage of rape allegations.
Grant Thornton has won approval to a bring a cross-claim against Forge Group, just three months ahead of trial in the collapsed engineering company's case against the accounting firm and ten former directors for their alleged negligence in relation to its "uneconomic" purchase of CTEC in 2012.
War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith is seeking all "covert recordings" held by Nine and revealed in a number of news publications last month in which the former soldier said it was his "sole mission" to destroy the journalists behind allegedly defamatory articles accusing him of war crimes.
A former executive of hospital operator Healthe Care Pty has pleaded guilty to one charge of insider trading for acquiring a large number of shares in Pulse Health while in possession of inside information about the private hospital operator.
The High Court has denied special leave to unions representing 20,000 Qantas workers who were stood down during the coronavirus pandemic to challenge a ruling that they were not entitled to paid sick or compassionate leave.
Ernst & Young has delayed in filing its evidence in a lawsuit by Sydney-based investment firm London City Equities over its auditing of collapsed soda ash maker Penrice after hiring Holding Redlich to replace Allens just a few months before a mediation deadline.
The stage is set for a beauty parade of two shareholder class actions against Freedom Foods and Deloitte, and the judge overseeing the cases has embraced the recommendation of the High Court to appoint an independent barrister to represent group members in the contest.
Commercial and class action firm Banton Group is investigating a shareholder class action against embattled technology company Nuix in relation to its pre-IPO disclosures which could also ensnare shareholder Macquarie and its executives, auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers and the joint lead managers on its float.